Prof. Irfan Turhan

Dr. Irfan Turhan received his Ph.D. in Food Engineering from Akdeniz University, Türkiye, in 2009. He worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Food Engineering at Akdeniz University between 2005 and 2009. He was a visiting scholar at The Pennsylvania State University, USA, between 2007 and 2008. After graduating from the same university, he then worked in the same department as an Assistant/Associate Professor. He was later promoted to Professor in 2021. His teaching and research focus on Bioprocess Engineering includes the fermentation of fruit and vegetables or its waste, fermentor design, enzyme technology, bioprocess separations, scale-up of analytical separation methods, conversion of batch processes to continuous processes, and integrated fermentation/recovery systems. He has authored or co-authored around 90 refereed journal articles, numerous conference papers, and one book chapter, translated one technical book, and delivered numerous presentations at regional, national, and international conferences.