MSc Student
Ayça Deniz graduated in Bioengineering from Marmara University and is pursuing a master’s degree in basic biotechnology at Ankara University’s Biotechnology Institute. She contributes to R&D at eGL and AgriGenomics Hub.
Her interests include microbial diversity, bioreactor design and improvement, wastewater microbiology, Anammox bacteria and biofuel production. Undergraduate TÜBİTAK projects involved nanoplastic toxicity, CRISPR-based regulation of yeast metabolism and bacterial hydrazine production.
She leads a study of microbial filtration in water-treatment systems. Other work includes bird diets investigated using eDNA, post-fire soil microbiota, AquaGenomik and TR.AQUA.