Curriculum Vitae

Academic experience & qualifications

Seismologist and principal investigator with international research experience in Germany, Italy and Türkiye.

Appointments

Employment history

Principal Investigator

CHASING project, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany.

Postdoctoral Researcher

INDI project, University of Potsdam in collaboration with GFZ, Germany.

Postdoctoral Researcher

EWRICA project, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany.

Postdoctoral Researcher

TRUST project, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Catania, Italy.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Türkiye.

Research Assistant

Department of Geophysics, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Türkiye.

Researcher

Seismic monitoring of reinjected water at the Salavatlı–Köşk–Aydın geothermal area.

Scientific leadership

TopoAsia Coordinating Committee

Invited member contributing to scientific strategy and international network development.

ELISE Scientific Coordinator

Initiator and coordinator of the cross-border Eger Large-N International Seismic Experiment.

CHASING Principal Investigator

Leading scientific strategy, student research, international collaboration and publications.

Education

Ph.D. in Geophysics

Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. Thesis: “The Crustal Structure of the Eastern Marmara Region Using Receiver Function Analysis.”

M.Sc. in Geophysics

Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute. Thesis: “Crustal Structure of the Marmara Region by Using Receiver Function Analysis.”

B.Sc. in Geophysical Engineering

Süleyman Demirel University. Thesis: “Earthquake Focal Mechanisms in Western Anatolia.”

Research methods

Technical expertise

Python, Pyrocko, ObsPy, GMT, PyGMT, Qseek, SeisPy, MSNoise, MATLAB, GISMO, Seisan, SAC, Velest, Mloc, Git, GitHub, LaTeX and SQLite.

Languages

International experience

Turkish (native), English (advanced), Italian (intermediate) and German (intermediate).

Teaching

Courses & training

Observational seismology, moment tensor inversion, seismic waves, professional communication, and teaching assistance in plate tectonics and elastic-wave theory.

Academic service

Reviewing & coordination

Reviewer for international Earth-science journals; session chair and scientific convener at major seismological meetings.

Selected invited talks

The anatomy of seismic swarms in the Eger Rift

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam.

Magma, fluid and faulting interactions through volcano seismology

Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences.

Landslide records in Türkiye

IAGA/IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting, Lisbon.

Slow and fast shear motion in fluid-influenced faults

Invited seminars in Prague, Alaska and Istanbul.

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