Meet the Volume Editor

Başak Kılıç Taşeli is a professor in the Environmental Engineering Department at Giresun University in Turkey. She has an MSc in soil pollution and a Ph.D. in environmental sciences, both from Middle East Technical University. Among the graduate-level sustainability courses she has taught are Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Biofuels, Biomass Conversion Systems, Biogas Production and Usage, and Sustainable Operation of Treatment

Plants. She has taught undergraduate-level courses in Water Supply, Wastewater Disposal, Environmental Ecology, Sludge Treatment, Unit Operations, and Industrial Wastewater Treatment. She has 28 years of experience in protected area management, environmental management, renewable energies, and zero-waste and carbon footprint quantification of wastewater treatment plants and industries. She has worked for more than ten years on EU-funded Erasmus+ projects, coordinating several projects as a promoter and partner.
