# Aylin Kinik

**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/aylin-kinik
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/graduate-school/master-chemical-engineering

Doctoral Candidate

# Aylin Kinik

- [PURE url](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/aylin-kinik/ "Research Portal")

##### Contact

[a.kinik@tue.nl](#)

[Helix-oost 0.42](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.44618,5.488216)

##### Department / Institute

[Chemical Engineering and Chemistry](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/chemical-engineering-and-chemistry)

##### Group

[Membrane Materials and Processes](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/membrane-materials-and-processes)

## RESEARCH PROFILE

Research into applying concentrated solar energy (CSP) to the seawater desalination process is still in its infancy. The first findings indicate that industrial applications are not yet feasible due to the high operational costs compared to conventional desalination. The DESOLINATION project aims to develop strategic innovations in the CSP technique, the desalination process, and the integration of these techniques to arrive at a competitive desalination process. In this project, MMP will use electrospinning to develop highly porous and open support materials that serve as support in the forward osmosis-driven desalination process. Polyelectrolyte coatings are then applied onto these open supports to make a selective membrane that is suitable and competitive as a desalting membrane.

## ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Aylin Kinik received her BSc degree in Chemistry from Istanbul Technical University and studied polymer chemistry there as her graduation project. She got her MSc degree from Koc University. During her MSc studies, she focused on electrochemistry and worked on the first-row transition metal-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction. In 2022, she joined the Membrane Materials and Processes Group in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry as a doctoral candidate. She will work on the development of forward osmosis membranes for clean water production.

## Recent Publications

- [See all publications](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/aylin-kinik//publications/)

- [### Stepwise membrane modification for nutrient recovery

  Chemical Engineering Journal Advances

  (2026)

  Marrit van der Wal,Aylin Kinik,Marc van Maris,Zandrie Borneman,Kitty Nijmeijer](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/3df1ef62-0c84-492f-aaa9-af4381c105e8)
- [### Terminating layer effect on forward osmosis performance of layer-by-layer membranes with Pluronic® L-35 draw solution

  Polymer

  (2025)

  Aylin Kinik,Zandrie Borneman,Kitty Nijmeijer](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/3b1aeb64-00f8-4df7-858f-4505eacbcdd1)
- [### Unraveling the role of physicochemical interactions between the layer-by-layer membranes and Pluronic® L-35 as a draw solution

  Desalination

  (2025)

  Aylin Kinik,Marrit van der Wal,Kitty Nijmeijer,Zandrie Borneman](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/ab6b9299-6a32-44b7-8c43-8ccceec5a6c9)

## Ancillary Activities

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