EMPLOYMENT

2009- NMR Expert, Advance Technologies R&D Center, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Senior Researcher (Ph.D.) & Lab. Manager, Archaeometry Research Center, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
2001-2009 Assistant, Advance Technologies R&D Center, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Reseracher, Archaeometry Rearch Center, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
1999-2001 Foreign Affairs Coordinator, KTM Chemical Materials Import&Export, Istanbul
1998-1999 Project Assistant – Chicago Oriental Institute The Göltepe/Kestel Project

EDUCATION

2001-2008 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in CHEMISTRY, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR
Organic Residue Characterization in Archaeology / Advisor: Prof. Hadi Özbal
1998-2001 Master in Science (M.Sc.) in CHEMISTRY, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR
Metallurgy of Anatolia During Assyrian Trade Colony Period/ Advisor: Prof. Hadi Özbal
1993-1997 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in CHEMISTRY, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, TR

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English (fluent), Bulgarian (fluent), Russian (upper intermediate)

INSTRUMENTAL SKILLS

NMR, GC-FID, GC-MS, IR, pXPF, Atomic Absorpion Spectroscopy, UV

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Lipid isolation and characterzation of archaeological materials
• NMR applications in natural products and archaeology
• Developing new methods in lipid characterization and NMR field
• Archaeometric research on different type of archaeological materials

PUBLICATIONS

• Türkekul Bıyık, A. Breu, A., Özbal, R., “A Comparison of organic residue analysis on pottery vessels from layer 7 Aşağı Pınar with results from other layers’ In: Aşağı Pınar III: The Earliest Phase of Neolithic Aşağı Pınar 7 and the Problem of the Ditches”, edited by S. Hansen, E. Özdoğan, Ş. Akyol, N. Yalçın, Archäologie in Eurasien, Studien im Thrakien-Marmara-Raum, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, (in press)
• Özbal , H., Breu, A., Thissen, L.,Gerritsen, F., Van den Bos, E., Galik, Doğan, T., Çergel, M., Şimşek, A., Türkekul, A., Özbal, R., “From Bowls to Pots: The Dairying Revolution in Northwest Turkey, a view from Barcın Höyük, 6600 to 6000 BCE”, PlosONE, 19 (5), 2024 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302788
• Breu, A., Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Akyol, Ş., Çakal, C., İlker, M.F., Sarı, D., Vijande-Vila, E., Özbal, R., “Caution! Contents Are Hot: Updates On Detecting The Heating Of Lipids As Residues From Pottery Use”, Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol.159, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105854
• Özbal,R, Ozbal, H., Gerritsen, F., Türkekul Bıyık, A., Doğan, T., ‘New Observations for the Late Chalcolithic Settlement at Barcın Höyük’, in Maner Ç., Horowitz, M.T., Gilbert, A.S. (Eds), Overturning Certainties in Near Eastern Archaeology, Pub.Brill -Leiden /Boston, pp.503-520, 2017
• Bahadori, F., Boga, M., Türkekül, A., Kolak, U., Topçu, G., ‘’Indole Alkaloids from Vinca majör and Vinca minor’’, Natural Products Communications, 7 (6), pp. 731-734 ,2012 https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578X1200700610
• Özbal, H., Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Gerritsen, F., Özbal, R., “The Land Of Milk? Approaching Dietary Preferences Of Late Neolithic Communities İn NW Anatolia”, Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies, Vol.26, 157- 2., 2010
• Kolak, U., Türkekul, A., Özgokçe, F., Ulubelen, A.,’Two New Diterpenoid from Aconitum Cochleare’, Pharmazie, Vol.60, pp. 953-955, 2005 https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.200616193?urlappend=%3Futm_source%3Dresearc...

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Özbal, H., Dogan, T., Türkekul- Bıyık, A., “Çömleklerde Organik Kalıntı Analizleriyle Neolitik Sürecin Anadolu’ya Yayılmasının Değerlendirilmesi”, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 30, pp. 175–188, 2015
• Özbal, H., Thissen, L., Dogan, T., Gerritsen, F., Özbal, R., Türkekul- Bıyık, A., “Yeni̇kapı, Aşağipinar, Bademağaci Ve Barcın Çömlekleri̇nde Organi̇k Kalıntı Analizi “, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 29, pp.83–90, 2014
• Özbal, H., Thissen, L., Özbal, R., Türkekul- Bıyık, A., “Neolitik Batı Anadolu Ve Marmara Yerleşimleri Çanak Çömleklerinde Organik Kalıntı Analizleri “, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 28, pp.105–114, 2013
• Özbal, H., Türkekul- Bıyık, A., Thissen, L., Dogan, T., Gerritsen, F., Özbal, R., ”M.Ö. 7. Bi̇nyilda Barcin Höyük’te Süt Tüketi̇mi̇ Üzeri̇ne Yeni̇ Araştirmalar”, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 27, pp.15–31, 2012
• Özbal, H., Türkekul- Bıyık, A., Thissen, L., Dogan, T., Gerritsen, F., Özbal, R., “Sütçüleri̇n Öncüleri: Barcın Höyük Kerami̇kleri̇nde Süt Kalıntıları”, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 26, Pp. 307–317, 2011
• Türkerkul- Bıyık, A., Özbal, H., “Arkeolojik Çanak Çömleklerde Organik Kalıntıların Belirlenmesi: Anadolu’dan Bazı Örnekler”, Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı 23, Pp.249–264, 2008

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Türkekul, A. Breu, A., Özbal, R., “A Comparison of Organic Residue Analysis on Pottery Vessels from Layer 7 Aşağı Pınar with Results from Other Layers", ISBA11 Inrenational Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Torino, Italy i 2-28 August 2025 (Poster)
• Türkekul, A., “Organik Kalıntılarını Okumak: Tarihöncesi Çanak Çömleklerde Yeni Bazı Biyomarkerların GC-MS ile Tayini ve Önemi”, 44. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırme ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Mersin, Turkey, 24-29 May 2025 (Oral)
• Gündüzalp, S., Türkekul Bıyık, A., Breu Barcons, A., Özbal, R., “Unveiling Neolithic Cooking Practises: Organic Residue analyses of the Initial Neolithic Pottery from the 7th Millennium BCE, Sumaki Höyük in the Upper Tigris Basin”, World Neolithic Congress, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, 4-8 November 2024 (Oral)
• Özbal, R., Breu Barcons, A., Özbal, H., Thissen, L., Türkekul Bıyık, A., Gerritsen, F., “The Emergence and Evolution of Dairying in Neolithic Northwest Anatolia: Insights from Barcın Höyük”, World Neolithic Congress, Şanlıurfa,Turkey, 4-8 November 2024 (Oral)
• Özükurt, P., Breu, A., Türkekul, A., Çakal, C., Çakan, Y.G., Özbal, R., Bıçakçı, E., “Isotopic and Biomolecular Lipid Analyses in 7th Millennium Pottery from Tepecik-Çiftlik: Exploring Culinary Practices at the Neolithic Core”, World Neolithic Congress, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, 4-8 November 2024 (Oral)
• Breu Barcons, A., Özbal, H., Özbal, R., Özükurt, P., Çakal, C., Türkekul Bıyık, A., Gündüzalp, S., “Tracing Anatolian Neolithic Foodways Through Isotopic and Biomolecular Proxies in Organic Residues From 7th And 6th Millennium Pottery Vessels”, World Neolithic Congress, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, 4-8 November 2024 (Oral)
• Breu, A., Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Gündüzalp, S., Özükurt, P., Özbal, R.,” Biomolecular Analyses Revealing the Connection Between Pottery and Natural Resources in Anatolian and Northern Mesopotamian Settlements”, 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Anicent Near East, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-26 May 2023 (Oral)
• Özbal, R., Breu, A., Özbal, H., Thissen, L., Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Gerritsen, “Pottery and Dairying in Neolithic Anatolia: the Case of Barcın Höyük, Türkiye” 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Anicent Near East, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-26 May 2023 (Oral)
• Breu, A., Gündüzalp, S., Özükurt, P., Türkekul-Biyik, A., Özbal, R, “Optimizing Lipid Recovery Rates to Better understand the Adoption of Dairying by Lactose İntolerant Farmers”4th International Congress Biomedical Sciences and Methods in Arcaheology ,9-11 June İstanbul , Turkey 2022 (Oral)
• Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Özbal, H., Özbal, R., “Archaeometric Insights on Neolithic and Chalcolithic Beeswaxes in Anatolian Potteries”,42. International Symposium on Archaeometry, Merida, Mexico, 20- 26 May, 2018 (Poster)
• Özbal, H., Türkekul-Bıyık, A., Thissen,L., Doğan, T., Gerritsen,F., Özbal-Gerritsen, R., “Linking Milk Processing to Pottery Function in Prehistoric Anatolia: Diachronic and Regional Perspectives”, Symposium on Material Issues in Art and Archaeology, Boston, USA, 2010 (Oral)
• Özbal,H., Türkekul-Bıyık,A., Thissen,L., Doğan, T., Gerritsen, F.,Gerritesen-Özbal,R.,”Chemical Analysis of Residual Lipids in the Cooking Pots from Chalcolıthic Anatolia”, 39. International Symposium on Archaeometry, Siena, Italy, 2008 (Poster)
• Türkekul, A., Özbal, H., “Characterization of Residual Lipids in Archaeological Ceramics: New Findings”, 22. Ulusal Kimya Kongresi, Gazi Magosa, KKTC, 2008 (Poster)
• Türkekul, A., &Kolak, U., “Structure Elucidation of Novel Alkaloids by 1-and 2D NMR Experiments”, 7 Th International Small Molecule NMR Conference, Chamonix, France, 2007 (Poster)
• Türkekul, A., Özbal, H. “Investigation of Bronze Age Metals and Metal Production Artifacts from Acemhöyük by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy” , X.National Spectroscopy Conference, İzmir, Turkey, 2007 (Poster)
• Gedik, B.B., Türkekul, A., Özbal, H., “Investigation of Microstructure of Broze Artifacts by Studying Production Parameters”, XV. Chemistry Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001 (Poster)

PROJECTS

• Project Principal Investigator: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi BAP (2023-2025) -Tracing Ancient Foodways: Lipid Analysis of Prehistoric Pottery İncluding Plant Oils, Beeswax and Aquatic Fats in Anatolia
• Project Principal Investigator: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi BAP (2010-2014)- Neolitik Dönemde Sütün Marmara Bölgesinde İkincil Ürün Olarak Tüketilmesinin Belirlenmesi
• Project Researcher: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi BAP (2025- continue) - Zaman Kapsülündeki Bakteri: Mumyalanmış Bakteriden Antik DNA İzolasyonu, Zenginleştirilmesi ve Dizilenmesi
• Project Researcher: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi BAP (2008-2009) -Nükleer Magnetik Rezonans Spektroskopi Kullanmini Geliştirme Ve Güncelleme Projesi
• Project Researcher: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi BAP (2008-2010) -Kalkolitik Ve Bronz Çağlarinda İç Ve Sahil Bölgelerinde Anadolu Beslenme Alişkanliklarinın İncelenmesi

TEACHING AND MENTORING

• 325 CHEM Instrumental Analysis NMR Lab Section 2001-2023
• 473 CHEM Research Techniques in Chemistry Course Assistant (focus on Archaeometry)
• Mentoring Archaeology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences PhD and Master students in ‘Lipid Analysis and Characterization in Archaeology’ at Archaeometry Research Center Lab 2016- up to date
• Mentoring internship chemistry students from Boğaziçi Unşiversity and other universities in Archaeometry Lab at Archaeometry Research Center 2016 -up to date

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

• June 2025 Organic Geochemistry & Environmental Lab, Autonomus University of Barcelona, Spain Erasmus Staff Mobility / Host: Dr Adria Breu BARCONS
• Feb 2022 Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Training Course, Koç University, Istanbul, TR
• Oct 2009 Scıence&Past: Approaching Materials Studies And Cultural Heritage Course, University of Zaragoza, Spain
• March 2009 GC-MS Data Treatment Workshop, The British Museum, London, UK
• 2007 Organic Geochemistry Unit, Archaeological Science Lab, Bristol University, UK Visiting Researcher /Advisor: Prof. Richard EVERSHED
• June 2007 1 st Inernational School on The Characterization of Organic Residues in Archaeological Materials: focus on Ceramics (ISCORAM), University of Sienna, Grossetto, Italy
• Feb 2005 Varian Basic 1D NMR and 2D NMR Training Courses, Darmstadt, Germany

EXCAVATIONS

• 1998 Campaign Acem Höyük, Aksaray, Turkey (short term)
• 2004-2013 Campaigns Barcın Höyük, Bursa, Turkey (short term)
• 2024-2025 Campaigns Tell Kurdu, Hatay, Turkey (short term)