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About Asli Aslan

Biography, Disciplines and Teaching Interests
Dr. Asli Aslan is a water microbiologist, and her research program bridges ecosystem and human health. She has ongoing funded projects on microbial source tracking, health risk assessment of water resources, and the ecology of pathogens in the aquatic environment. Dr. Aslan has been serving in various state and federal agencies and organizations as an adviser, reviewer, scientific committee member, and affiliated faculty. She is currently serving as the co-chair of the Water and Health Committee of the American Public Health Association.

Disciplines: Environmental Health Sciences
Teaching Interests: Water Quality; Environmental Health; Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Global Environmental Health 

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2023 - Present Georgia Smart Communities: Safe Water Together at Glynn County
Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
Role: PI
2023 - Present Microbial Source Tracking at Vernon River
The City of Savannah
Role: PI
2023 - Present Okefenokee 2 Ocean: Understanding Realworld Relevance through Suwanee Watershed Assessment and Monitoring Project
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Role: Senior Personnel
2023 - Present RaMP: Mentoring and Research Opportunities for Careers in Coastal Science
National Science Foundation
2022 - Present Developing Sustainable Practices for co-Digestion of Food Waste and Paper Mill Sludge Leveraging Existing Anaerobic Digestion Infrastructure
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Role: Co-PI
2016 - Present What’s in Your Water: The State of Drinking Water Quality in Evans County
Evans County CARES Foundation
Role: PI
2020 - 2023 A Pilot Web-based Water Dashboard for Coastal Georgia Regional Water Planning
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Role: PI
2019 - 2022 A Feasibility Study for Adopting Rapid Molecular Methods to Monitor Enterococci at Georgia Beaches
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Role: PI
2017 - 2019 Molecular Identification of the Sources of Non-point Pollution and Microbial Risk Assessment upon Exposure to Recreational Waters at Jekyll Island Beaches, Phase II: Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Role: PI
2016 - 2018 Molecular Identification of the Sources of Non-point Pollution and Microbial Risk Assessment upon Exposure to Recreational Waters at Jekyll Island Beaches, Phase I: Microbial Source Tracking
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Role: PI
2014 - 2016 Identification of the sources of pathogens in wetland sediments and their influence on beach water quality
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Role: PI
2015 Identification of Pollution Sources in Fortson Pond
Jekyll Island Authority
Role: PI
2010 - 2013 Building Beach Managers’ Capacity for Using Rapid Tools
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Role: Co-PI
2010 - 2012 Healthier Great Lakes Beaches through Improved Communication
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Role: Co-PI
2006 - 2008 Spatio-temporal Distribution and Identification of Aerobic Heterotrophic Bacteria Isolated from the Black and the Marmara seas
Istanbul University Research Fund
Role: PI
2002 - 2008 Microbiological Water Quality Monitoring Program at Istanbul Shoreline
Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration
Role: Co-PI
2001 - 2003 Distribution of Clostridium perfringens in the Sea of Marmara Sediments Influenced by Deep Ocean Outflows
Istanbul University Research Fund
Role: PI
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2023 - Present Member, Environmental Health Sciences Ph.D. and M.Sc. program development committee, GS
2021 - Present Member, Sustainability Advisory Committee, GS
2017 - Present Chair, American Public Health Association, Environmental Health Section, Water and Health Committee, GS
2015 - Present Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, GS
2020 - 2022 Member, Faculty Research Committee, GS
2020 - 2022 Member, MPH Core Curriculum Committee, GS
2020 - 2022 Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, GS
2020 - 2021 Member, Office of Research Internal Evaluation Subcommittee, GS
2020 - 2021 Member, Wexford Campus Steering Committee, GS
2019 - 2021 Chair, Campus Research Facilities Reopening Plan Subcommittee, GS
2019 - 2021 Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, GS
2019 - 2021 Chair, Georgia Southern Research Core Laboratories and Infrastructure initiative, GS
2019 - 2021 Chair, Research Impact Areas Implementation Committee, GS
2019 - 2021 Chair, Undergraduate Research Council, GS
2018 - 2020 Co-Chair, Georgia Public Health Association, Rural Health Section
2017 - 2020 Alternate, Faculty Senate, GS
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Honors and Awards

  • Nominated for Public Health Student Association Faculty Mentorship (2013)
  • Nominated for DSAC Faculty Mentoring Award (2015)
  • JPHCOPH Faculty Award Recipient for Excellence in Scholarship (2020)
  • Nominated for University Excellence in Research Award (2020)
  • Recipient, USEPA Science Advisory Board Augmented Committee Member for Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List V (2021-2022)
  • Recipient, Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership Fellowship (2021-2023)

Courses

  • PUBH 3136 Principles of Environmental Health
  • PUBH 4232-Global Environmental Health
  • BIOL 4895-Honors Research
  • PUBH 6532A- Environmental Health
  • PUBH 6532F (online)-Environmental Health
  • ENVH 7232-Water Quality
  • PUBH 7890-Directed Individual Study
  • PUBH 7991-Public Health Capstone Research Project
  • PUBH 8132- Environmental and Occupational Health
  • ENVH 8335- Global Water and Sanitation: Principles and Research

Education

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2008 Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology, Istanbul University
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2002 M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography and Marine Biology, Istanbul University
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1999 B.Sc. in Biology, Istanbul University
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Contact Information

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
501 Forest Dr. Hendricks Hall Room 2037
Statesboro, GA 30458
Telephone: (912) 478-2565
Fax: (912) 478-0171

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Publications (33)