Selin Kara

Turkish-born chemist and biotechnologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Selin Kara (born 20 January 1981) is a Turkish-born chemist and biotechnologist. She is currently a full professor and head of Industrial Biotechnology section at Aarhus University.[1] She studies biocatalysis and has been recognized for her work about deep eutectic solvents and her research regarding cofactor regeneration in biotransformations.[2][3]

Selin Kara

Books and publications

  • Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations[2]
  • Deep eutectic solvents as efficient solvents in biocatalysis[3]
  • Enantioselective oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase[4]
  • Access to lactone building blocks via horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidative lactonization[5]
  • One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols[6]
  • A bi‐enzymatic convergent cascade for ε‐caprolactone synthesis employing 1, 6‐hexanediol as a ‘double‐smart cosubstrate[7]
  • More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1, 4-butanediol as a ‘smart cosubstrate’[8]
  • A fed‐batch synthetic strategy for a three‐step enzymatic synthesis of poly‐ϵ‐caprolactone[9]

Awards and honors

  • 2018 - ChemCatChem - Young Researcher Series[10]
  • 2016 - Selected Membership of Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie DECHEMA[11]
  • 2015 - DAAD Conference Travel Award
  • 2014 - Conference Travel Award – Frauenförderung at TU Dresden
  • 2013 - Biotrans 2013 Poster Prize

References

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