2025 Projects

1. Investigation of Metal Ion Release from Amalgam Restorations into Dental Hard Tissues
   Scientific Research Projects Unit, Yozgat Bozok University.
   Project Leader: Musa Acartürk
   Researchers: Seda Akkerman, İbrahim Filazi
   Period: 2024–2025

2. Learning About Nature (Doğayı Öğreniyorum)
   TÜBİTAK 4008 Project, 2025.
   Project Leader: Seçil Akıllı Şimşek
   Instructors: Deniz Çakar, Pınar Arslan, İlkay Çorak Öcal, İbrahim Filazi, Mehmet Sezgin, Tuba Koç, Ali Uğur Özcan, Pelin Akın, Halime Miray Sümer Dodur.

3. Adsorption Kinetics, Isotherm Modeling, and Mechanistic Evaluation of Sulfuric Acid-Chemically Carbonized Sugar Beet Pulp for Dye Removal from Aqueous Solutions
   Scientific Research Projects Unit, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.
   Project Leader: H. Arslanoğlu
   Researchers: Feride N. Türk, Muhammet Ş.A. Eren
   Period: 2025–Ongoing

4. Production of a Natural Ion Exchanger from Industrial Sugar Beet Pulp Waste and Investigation of Its Applicability as an Ion-Exchange Material in Sugar Production
   TÜBİTAK 1002-A Project.
   Project Leader: H. Arslanoğlu
   Researchers: Zeynep Mine Şenol, Feride N. Türk
   Period: 2025–Ongoing

5. Investigation of the Ion-Exchange Properties of Citric Acid-Modified Sugar Beet Pulp
   Scientific Research Projects Unit, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University.
   Project Leader: H. Arslanoğlu
   Researchers: Feride N. Türk, Muhammet Ş.A. Eren
   Period: 2025–Ongoing

6. Discovery of Secondary Amine Derivatives as Potential Drug Agents: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and Computational Analysis
   Scientific Research Project (BAP).
   Project Leader: E. Ekinci
   Researcher: Ö. Gündoğdu Aytaç
   Period: 2025–Ongoing

7. Evaluation of the Anti-Aging Potential of Silver Nanoparticles Derived from Salvia sclarea Using In Vitro and In Silico Methods
   Scientific Research Project (BAP).
   Project Leader: Ö. Gündoğdu Aytaç
   Researchers: E. Ekinci, K. Öztürk, Ç. Er Çalışkan, E. Bilginoğlu
   Period: 2025–Ongoing

8. ReVCitReScArCe – Researchers’ Night for Citizens & Researchers’ Meeting for Science and Art Centers
   Project title in Turkish: Researchers’ Night for Citizens & Researchers’ Meeting for Science and Art Centers.
   Researcher: Deniz Çakar
   Funding Organization: TÜBİTAK H2020
   Period: 2024–2025

9. Identification of the Fungal Microbiota of Çankırı Salt Cave
   Project Leader: Alihan Eğmen
   Academic Advisor: Deniz Çakar
   Funding Organization: TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program
   Period: 2024–2025

10. Population Genetics of Gnomoniopsis castaneae, the Emerging Causal Agent of Chestnut Nut Rot, in Türkiye
    Project Leader: Deniz Çakar
    Funding Program: TÜBİTAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme for Turkish Citizens
    Period: 2024–2025

11. Assessment of the Biological, Ecological, and Sociocultural Significance of Çankırı Salt Cave
    Researcher: Deniz Çakar
    Funding Organization: TÜBİTAK 2515 – European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Programme
    Period: 2025–Ongoing