Alper Bayrakdar

Alper Bayrakdar is an Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at Izmir Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD from Marmara University (2018) and researches anaerobic digestion systems, biogas upgrading, and resource recovery from waste streams.

His work focuses on optimizing wastewater treatment processes, including nitrogen removal from leachate and nutrient recovery from human urine. Recent publications examine inhibition mechanisms in manure digestion and bio-electrochemical systems for simultaneous pollutant removal.