Research Interest: Enzymology; Biocatalysis in Organic Solvent; Protein Biochemistry.

Research Interest: Nanocosmetics, emulsion investigations, non- invasive bioengineering techniques, polymer formulation, matrix techniques.

Research Interest: Topics in chemical quality control in pharmacy practice; Application of different analytical techniques for the determination of pharmaceuticals in the presence of their degradation product(s) including; Different spectrophotometric methods such as colorimetry, derivative and derivative-ratio spectrophotometry. Different chromatographic methods such as TLC-densitometry, Preparative TLC, Two-dimensional TLC, GC and HPLC. Monitoring of the degradation profile of the pharmaceuticals and kinetic studies. Synthesis of the degradation product(s) of the selected drugs and structure elucidation.Chemometric methods, such as CLS, PCR and PLS.

Research Interest: Isolation and structural elucidation of biologically active metabolites from natural sources (Plants, Bacteria, Marine and Fungi). Phytochemical characterization of plant extracts used in traditional medicine, their pharmacological evaluation, and the isolation and identification of their active constituents

Research Interest: Synthesis of novel heterocycles as anticancer agents; Computer Aided Drug Design.

Research Interest: Organic Synthesis, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry; Chemical Process and Unit Operation; Spectroscopy and Chromatography.

Research Interest: Nanotechnology, Photodynamic Therapy, Sonodynamic Therapy, Anti-Cancer and Anti-Infectious Medicines, Functional Food and Food Safety.

Research Interest: Pharmaceutical organic chemistry and Pharmaceutical analytical chemistry; Development of chromatographic and immunoassay methods for analyzing different pharmaceutical compounds in biological fluids which could be used in bio-studies.  drug-drug interactions and drug-juice interaction and on the synthesis of some Barbituric acid and Imidazole derivatives and their application in pharmaceutical products. NMR, X-ray, LC/MS, HPLC and ELISA.

Research Interest: Design, synthesis, and evaluation of biologically active small molecules with getting the advantage of the molecular modeling modern techniques. I published scientific papers in peer reviewed journals. Computer Skills in Field of Specialization: Molecular modeling programs, ChemOffice Suite and Quantum chemical softwares.

Research Interest: Antioxidant Activity, Antioxidants, Ethnobotany, Compound Isolation, Bioactivity, Free Radical Scavengers, DPPH, Biotechnology, Essential Oils, Antioxidant Assays, Flavonoids, Phenol, Phytochemicals, Natural Product Chemistry, Chromatography, Natural Product Isolation, Anthocyanins, Extraction, Phytochemical Analysis, Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemical Purification, Herbal Medicine, Biological Activities, Soxhlet Extraction, Natural Product Pharmacology, Antibacterial Activity, Nutraceuticals, Natural Product Drug Discovery, Ethnomedicine, Ethnopharmacy, Chemotaxonomy, Herbal Drug Development, Evaluation of Cytotoxicity, Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Traditional Medicine, Pharmacological Screening, Natural Compound, Fatty acid composition, Fatty acid analysis.Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Natural Products, Chromatography, Asphodeline.

2017-Postdoctoral researcher

Gaziosmanpasa University, Turkey Plant Research Lab of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2011-2016 PhD (Research Assis-tant) Gaziosmanpasa University Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2008- 2011 Master (Research Assis-tant) Gaziosmanpasa University Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2003-2007 Under graduate Cumhuriyet Univer-sity Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Research Interest:  Algae cultivation, Plant biotechnology, Secondary metabolite production

Grants: 

1. Bioprocessingof microalgae for production and recovery of high-value metabolites;", Texas A&M University, 23.08.2015 -29.11.2015

2. Activity Controlled Isolation of Isolated Secondary Metabolites from Cladophora fracta (Tubitak 2017-2018).

3. Investigation of Pharmacological Secondary Metabolites in Some Cyanobacteria Members and Investigation of the Effects of Various Stress Conditions on the Production of these Metabolites (2016- 2018 Bap Turkey).

List of Publications: 

1. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler Zekeriya Altuner, Mahfuz Elmastas. Molecular Identification and Norharmane Quantification of Cyanobacterium, Geitlerinema carotinosum. International Journal of Pharmacy& Pharmaceutical Research.June 2017,  Vol.:9, Issue:3, 67-73.

2. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler. Screening of Norharmane from Seven Cyanobacteria by High performance Liquid Chromatography. Pharmacogn. Mag. 11.10.2017, Vol: 13, Issue: 51, 723-725.

3.Tunay Karan, Zekeriya Altuner, Ramazan Erenler. Growth and Metabolite Production of Chroococcus minutus Under Different Temperature and Light Conditions. Journal of New Results in Science, 6:1 47-52, 2017.

4. Tunay KARAN, Taner DAŞTAN, İnanç BARAL, Zekeriya ALTUNER.   Effects of Differential Time Applications on Some Cyanobacterial Norharman Production Rates.  Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi (CFD), Cilt 37, No. 4 (2016) ISSN: 1300-1949.

5. Tunay KARAN, Ramazan ERENLER, Zekeriya ALTUNER. Isolation and Molecular Identification of Some Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) from Freshwater Sites in Tokat Province of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 5(11): 1371-1378, 2017

6.Tunay KARAN, Saban Tekin, Ahmet Bursalı, Adem Keskin. Investigation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV) in Ixodid Ticks  Collected from Central Black Sea Region in Turkey. Journal of New Results in Science 4 (2014) 30-35

7.Sevgi Durna Dastan, Naci Degerli, Taner Dastan, Fazilet Yildiz, Yavuz Yildir, Yusuf Muhammed Durna, Dilek Atessahin  and Tunay Karan. Phenylthiocarbamide taste perception as a possible genetic association marker for nutritional habits and obesity tendency of people. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., Vol.28, No.3(Suppl), May 2015, pp.1141-1150. 

8. Sevgi Durna Daştan, Taner Daştan, Serap Çetinkaya, Dilek Ateşşahin, Tünay Karan. Evaluation of In Vitro Anticancer Effect of Plantago major L. and Plantago lanceolata L. Leaf Extracts from Sivas. Cumhuriyet Üniv. Sağ. Bil. Enst. Derg. 2016 (1)1: 07-14

9. Tunay KARAN, İlyas Yıldız, Ali Aydın, ,Ramazn Erenler Inhibition of Various Cancer Cells Proliferation of Bornyl Acetate and Essential Oil from Inula graveolens (Linnaeus) Desf.  Rec. Nat. Prod. 12:3 (2018) 273-283

10. Ramazan Erenler, Tuğba Adak, Tunay KARAN, Mahfuz Elmastaş,İlyas Yıldız, Hüseyin Akşit,Gülaçtı Topcu,Murat Aydın Sanda. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS ISOLATED FROM ORİGANUM SOLYMICUM WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITITES. The Eurasia Proceedings of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (EPSTEM)  2017,Volume 1, Pages 139-145

11. Tünay KARAN, Mesut KOYUNCU, İskender PARMAKSIZ, Köksal PABUÇCU, Zekeriya ALTUNER. Siyanotoksinler ve Biyosentezlerinden Sorumlu Genlerin Düzenlenmesi. Gaziosmanpaşa Fen Bilimeri Enstitüsü Bilimsel Araştırma Dergisi 11 (2015) 54-69 .

12. KARAN TÜNAY,TEKIN SABAN, BURSALI AHMET.‘Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ixodid Ticks in Tokat Province of Turkey. Abstracts / Journal of Biotechnology 161S (2012) 19–48. 

13. Tunay KARAN, Saban Tekin, Adem Keskin, Ahmet Bursalı. Testing The Presence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Tokat and Ordu Vicinity. In vivo International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Pathophysiology and Drug Research. 25:3 467-576 (2011).

14. Tunay KARAN, Omer KAYIR, Zekeriya ALTUNER, Ramazan ERENLER.Growth and norharmane production of Chroococcus minutus under various stress conditions.2018, 1, 10-15.

15.Tunay KARAN.  Metabolic profile and biological activities of Lavandula stoechas L. Cellular and Molecular Biology E-ISSN : 1165-158X / P-ISSN : 0145-5680.

16. Tunay Karan, Ramazan Erenler. Fatty acid constituents and anticancer activity of Cladophora fracta (OF Müller ex Vahl) Kützing. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research October 2018; 17 (10): 1977-1982.

17. Tunay Karan, Ali Aydin. Anticancer potential and cytotoxic effect of some freshwater cyanobacteria. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research November 2018; 17 (11): 2183-2188.

18.Evanthia Mantzouki, Tunay KARAN and et. al. Temperature Effects Explain Continental Scale Distribution of Cyanobacterial Toxins. Toxins 2018, 10, 156.

19.Evanthia Mantzouki, Tunay KARAN and et. al. A European Multi Lake Survey dataset of

environmental variables, phytoplankton pigments and cyanotoxins. Scıentıfıc Data 5:180226 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2018.226.

20. Tunay Karan and Bilge Hilal Cadirci. Evaluatıon of antımıcrobıal and antıoxıdant actıvıty of lepıdıum draba l. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol 7, Issue 13, 2018.