Dr. Börte Köse Mutlu, a faculty member at ITU’s Environmental Engineering Department, completed her undergraduate studies in Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) before pursuing her Ph.D. Her doctoral research focused on “Innovative Approaches in Wastewater Treatment with MBR,” part of which she conducted at Seoul National University in South Korea. She was awarded her Ph.D. degree in 2015. Following her doctoral studies, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University and Yale University in the United States. Upon returning to Turkey, she joined Yeditepe University’s Civil Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at ITU, where her research focuses on sustainable water and wastewater management, the recovery of critical elements, and biofouling-resistant membrane products and processes.