Dr. Melis S. Duyar
Dr. Melis Duyar is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and also holds a visiting Professorship at University of Surrey.
She has a research background in heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications. Her current research interests focus on the development of adsorbents and catalytic materials for the production of fuels and chemicals. Dr. Duyar received her B.Sc. (2012) in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. She obtained her M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2015) in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York and conducted post-doctoral research (2015-2017) in the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Prior to her academic appointment at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Duyar worked at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as Associate Staff Scientist (2017-2019) and then became a faculty member at University of Surrey (2019-2025).