Biography

Dr. M. Ekrem Karpuzcu is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He has completed his Ph.D. in Civil-Environmental Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Dr. M. Ekrem received honors includes Best Poster Award from Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, First place graduation from Environmental Engineering, ITU, and Included in high honors list each semester at ITU. His main area of research interest focuses on Treatment Wetlands, Fate and transport of Emerging Organic Contaminants in the Environment, Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution, Photochemistry of Pesticides, Watershed Management, Natural Treatment Systems, and Water Quality Modeling. He is also serving as reviewer for Journal of Hazardous Materials, Ecological Engineering, and Critical Reviews in Biotechnology Environmental Science, Pollution Research Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Environmental Engineering Science Environmental Technology. He has 6 publications in journals and 8 conference presentations contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences

100%

Treatment Wetlands

62%

Emerging Organic Contaminants

90%

Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution

75%

Photochemistry

55%

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Selected Publications

Fairbairn, D.J., M.E. Karpuzcu, W.A. Arnold, B.L. Barber and E.F. Kaufenberg et al., 2015. Sediment-water distribution of contaminants of emerging concern in a mixed use watershed. Sci. Total Environ., 505: 896-904.
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Karpuzcu, M.E., D. Fairbairn, W.A. Arnold, B.L. Barber and E. Kaufenberg et al., 2014. Identifying sources of emerging organic contaminants in a mixed use watershed using principal components analysis. Environ. Sci. Process. Impacts, 16: 2390-2399.
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Karpuzcu, M.E., D.L. Sedlak and W.T. Stringfellow, 2013. Biotransformation of chlorpyrifos in riparian wetlands in agricultural watersheds: Implications for wetland management. J. Hazardous Mater., 244-245: 111-120.
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Stringfellow, W.T., M.E. Karpuzcu, C. Spier, J.S. Hanlon and J. Graham, 2012. Sizing mitigation wetlands in agricultural watersheds. Water Sci. Technol., 67: 40-46.
Karpuzcu, M.E. and W.T. Stringfellow, 2012. Kinetics of nitrate removal in wetlands receiving agricultural drainage. Ecol. Eng., 42: 295-303.
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