Mert Atilhan

Dr. Mert Atilhan is a Western Michigan University professor of chemical and paper engineering. He received his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Ege University (as No.1 graduate with highest GPA) and M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2007) degrees in chemical engineering from the Texas A&M University. 

After earning his Ph.D., Atilhan started his academic career at Qatar University as an assistant professor, where he got promoted to associate professor in 2013. Atilhan was also appointed as an adjunct associate professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar in Department of Chemical Engineering and supervised graduate students and delivered guest lectures. 

Atilhan is also an active research affiliated faculty member at Gas and Fuels Research Center (GFRC) at Texas A&M University at College Station. He has been active in the fields of applied and computational thermodynamics (DFT and MD) with the emphasis on development of novel materials for energy and environmental related fields. His research activities are mainly focused on very high accuracy property measurements including PVT-density-viscosity of complex fluids, equation of sate development for gases, VLE systems, natural gas hydrate equilibrium and inhibition via kinetic and thermodynamic inhibitors, ionic liquids properties and their utilization in engineering applications, development of high-stability and high-capacity novel gas storage sorbents, acid/sour gas capture through novel solvents and applications of deep eutectic solvents as eco-friendly and sustainable alternative novel solvents for various applications. 

Atilhan has authored more than 180 peer reviewed publications at top tier  journals and he has successfully secured more than $8 million research funding. He was honored with “Research Award” three times in 2008, 2011, 2016, “Teaching Award” in 2016 and “Elsevier-Scopus Best Researcher of the Year Award” in 2015. Atilhan is an Editor for Molecules journal.

Research Website: www.mertatilhan.com