About
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I am a geologist with various interests in earth & planetary sciences including structural geology, tectonic geomorphology, fluvial sedimentology and geochronology. My research is based on past geological reconstructions and investigating earth surface dynamics associated with tectonic activity and climate change in various geological settings and time scales. I am involved in geochronological dating (i.e. cosmogenic nuclide dating, optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon dating) combined with systematic field-based geological and structural mapping to reconstruct geological past. I perform dynamic landscape evolution modelling (LAPSUS), which provides an essential aspect to assess catchment-wide erosion and sedimentation behaviour and landscape evolution quantitatively. Additionally, I have an interest in landsliding at orogen scale, its spatio-temporal distribution and topographic patterns as an indicator for natural hazards.
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Experience
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Research Scientist at the Geological Survey of the Netherlands · 2023 - Present
Netherlands Applied Scientific Research Organisation (TNO)
Energy & Materials Transition Unit
Subsurface Modelling Department
Geological reconstructions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Guest researcher at WUR, Netherlands · 2023 - 2024
Department of Environmental Sciences
Soil Geography and Landscape Group
Earth Surface Dynamics, Landscape Evolution Modelling
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DPhil researcher and teaching assistant at WUR, Netherlands · 2017 - 2022
Department of Environmental Sciences
Earth Surface Dynamics, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geochronology
Temperate Mediterranean Badlands: A (pre-)Holocene or Anthropocene phenomenon?
Teaching:
Surface Exposure Dating using Cosmogenic Nuclides.
Geology and Landscapes of the World.
Field Training Geosciences.
LAPSUS (erosional modelling).
Rock Cycle and Classification.
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Visiting scholar at Newcastle University, United Kingdom · 2018
The School of Geography
In collabration with Prof. Dr Darrel Maddy
UAV flying training and high resolution DEM production using UAV imagery
Geology and Quatarnery landscape development of the Gediz River.
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Freelance scientific translator · 2016 - 2017
English-Turkish scientific translation
Translation of various geologically related research projects and scientific publications for private companies and public institutions.
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MSc research assistant at ETH Zürich, Switzerland · 2012 - 2014
Earth Sciences Department
Project assistant: Fieldwork, geologicalcal and surface mapping of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco using ArcGIS)
Lab assistant: Surface exposure dating using cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 36Cl
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Education
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PhD at Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Netherlands · 2017-2023
Department of Environmental Sciences, Soil Geography and Landscape Group
PhD research funding for Earth and Life Sciences (NWO)
Quaternary landscape evolution and fault-controlled badland development in a Mediterranean setting using systematic geological and structural mapping, tectonic reconstruction, Quaternary geochronological dating and numerical erosion modelling.
Advisors: Prof. Dr A. (Tom) Veldkamp and Dr Jeroen M. Schoorl
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MSc at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland · 2012-2015
Department of Earth Sciences, Geological Institute
Excellence Scholarship Programme
The geomorphological evolution of a landscape in a tectonically active hillslope using cosmogenic nuclide dating: The Sennwald Landslide, Switzerland
Advisor: Prof. Dr Susan Ivy-Ochs
BSc at Istanbul Technical University (Ä°TÜ), Turkey · 2008-2012
Faculty of Mines, Department of Geology
Structure and the development of karst topography in a gently deformed region Central Taurus Mountain, Turkey
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. A. M. Celâl Åžengör
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Internship
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Field geologist internship at Ä°TÜ, Turkey · 2011 summer
Faculty of Mines, Department of Geology
Uplift related surface features in Central Taurus Mountain, Turkey
Fieldwork, geological mapping, facies analysis, and stratigraphy of Miocene sediments; and analysis subduction related surface features
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. A. M. Celâl Åžengör
Student internship at Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPOA), Turkey · Summer 2010
Oil industry, Basin Analysis Department
Seismicity and seismic section interpretation, sedimentological analysis of basins, and computer based 2D-3D analysis of basins for oil exploration
Field geologist intern at Ä°TÜ, Turkey · Summer 2009
Faculty of Mines, Department of Geology
Stratigraphy, structural geology, metamorphic history, and tectonics of rock units consisting mainly of metasediments and granitic rocks metamorphosed in greenschist facies in the Strandja Massif, Turkey
Adrvisor: Prof. Dr. Boris Natal'in
