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Dr Gulizar Balcioglu

Postal Address
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
The Mill
Sackville Street
The University of Manchester
Manchester, M13 9PL
UK
Dr Balcioglu
 

Biography

Gulizar received both her BSc (2012) and MSc (2015) degrees in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey. Prior to joining the SIS group, she worked as a research assistant at ITU and she completed her dissertation on the optimisation of the enzyme-assisted oil extraction as a more eco-friendly method in the oil industry. Her current research interests include renewable energy technologies, life cycle assessment, bioenergy conversion technologies and global climate change.

Selected journal papers

  1. Balcioglu, G., H. Jeswani and A. Azapagic (2023). A sustainability assessment of electricity and heat generation from energy crops in Turkey. Sustainable Production and Consumption 41, 134-155.
  2. Balcioglu, G., H. Jeswani and A. Azapagic (2023). Energy from forest residues in Turkey: An environmental and economic life cycle assessment of different technologies. Science of the Total Environment 874, 162316, 1-22.
  3. Balcioglu, G., H. K. Jeswani and A. Azapagic (2022). Evaluating the environmental and economic sustainability of energy from anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks in Turkey. Sustainable Production and Consumption 32, 924-941.