Turgay Çakmak

Prof. Turgay Çakmak is Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at İstanbul Medeniyet University and founder of TAES TechnoAlga Eco Solutions, a microalgae biotechnology startup based at Teknopark İstanbul. He received his PhD from Atatürk University in 2010, conducted research at Lund University (Sweden) and California State University San Marcos (USA) and completed postdoctoral work at the National Nanotechnology Research Centre (UNAM) at Bilkent University. Founder of a unique culture collection of Antarctic microalgae, he works on microalgae photobioreactors integrated into buildings and urban infrastructure for carbon capture and bioproduct generation. He has authored more than 35 peer reviewed publications and holds patent applications in Türkiye.