Current Position:
Associate Professor
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Affiliated Faculty Member, Middle East Technical University
Center for Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (2020-present)
Department of Earth System Science (2014-present)
Department of Geographic & Geodetic Information Technologies (2012-present)
Experience:
Associate Head of Department (2014-2019, 2020-2022)
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, UK (May 2023)
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UK (June 2014)
Visiting Associate Research Scientist (July, 2019- July, 2020)
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
Executive Board Member (May 2018-2019)
Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Visiting Scholar – Franklin International Scholar Program (Summer 2017)
Department of Geology, University of Georgia, USA
Visiting Scholar (Summer 2013)
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Assistant Professor (Dec. 2011- May 2016)
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Research Associate (2008-2009)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), Univ. of Maryland
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2007-2008)
Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona, USA 2001-2007
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Tech. Univ., TURKEY 1996-2001
Education:
Ph.D., Hydrology and Water Resources, (2001-2007)
Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dissertation:”Towards improved modeling for hydrologic predictions in poorly gauged basins” Advisor: Prof. Hoshin Gupta
M.Sc., Hydrogeology, (1996-1999)
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Thesis Title: “Characterization of the Kucuk Menderes River Basin aquifer system” Advisor: Prof. Hasan Yazicigil
B.Sc., Geological Engineering, (1992-1996)
Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Service:
Member, Natıral Sciences Sector (Hydrology), Turkish National Commission for UNESCO (2018-present)
Member, Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Science Team, NASA (2020-present)
Secretary, IAHS International Commission on the Coupled Land Atmosphere Systems (ICCLAS) (2015-2019).
Vice President, IAHS International Commission on the Coupled Land Atmosphere Systems (ICCLAS) (2011-2015).
Reviewer:
Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrol. & Earth Sys. Sci. (HESS), Journal of Hydrologic Eng., Geoscience & Remote Sens. Letters, J.of Hydrometeorology and others.
Editor:
IAHS Red Book, New approaches to hydrological prediction in data sparse regions, IAHS Publ. 333 (2009), ISBN 978-1-907161-04-9.
IAHS Red Book, Hydro-climatology: Variability and Change, IAHS Publ. 344 (2011), ISBN 978-1-907161-19-3.
Boegh, E., Blyth, E., Hannah, D.M., Hisdal, H., Kunstmann, H., Su, B., Yilmaz, K.K., (2013) Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, IAHS Publ. 359, ISBN 978-1-907161-37-7.
Symposium Convener:
New approaches to hydrological prediction in data sparse regions, 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly, Hyderabad, India, 7-12 September 2009.
Hydro-climatology: Variability and change, XXV IUGG General Assembly, Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet, 28 June – 7 July 2011, Melbourne, Australia (with Stewart Franks (lead), Eleanor Blyth, Eva Boegh & David Hannah.
Symposium on Climate and Land Surface Changes in Hydrology, IAHS Scientific Assembly, 22-26 July 2013, Goteborg, Sweden (with Eva Boegh (lead), Eleanor Blyth, David Hannah, Hege Hisdal, Harald Kunstmann and Bob Su)
Session Convener:
Session H04 – Distributed Hydrologic Modeling for Operational Forecasting, American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 27-30 May 2008. (with Michael Smith, National Weather Service, NOAA)
Session HS4.2 – Improving process understanding, classification, model development and evaluation in hydrology using comparative assessment techniques, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 May 2010. (with Fabrizio Fenicia, Jim Freer and Tobias Krueger)
Session H99: Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 5-9 December 2011
Awards:
International Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award (Program No:2219) to visit University of Maryland, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (2019-2020)
Academic Performance Award, Rectorate, Middle East Technical Univ. (2012, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022)
Franklin International Scholar Program Fellowship awarded by Univ. of Georgia – Visiting Scholar (2017)
HWR Research Assistantships in Surface Water Hydrology (2001-2007)
Salt River Project Fellowship, Doctoral Fellow in Surface Water Hydrology (2005-2007)
The World Laboratory Doctoral Fellowship (2001-2003)
Honorary Citizen of Tucson, awarded by Tucson Mayor Robert Walkup, 2006
First Prize award in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Poster Context, U. of Arizona, 2006
Travel Grant awarded by Graduate & Professional Student Council to attend 7th IAHS General Assembly in Perugia, Italy, 2007
Travel Grant awarded by Graduate & Professional Student Council to attend AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, USA, 2007
PUB Workshop Registration Fee Grant awarded by Workshop Organizing Committee to attend PUB Workshop in Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Oregon, 2006
College Registration Fee Scholarship awarded by Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, U. of Arizona, 2005&2006
Travel Grant awarded by Institute for the Study of Planet Earth to attend 8th IAHS General Assembly in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil, 2005
Travel Grant awarded by University of Copenhagen to attend Ph.D. course in Remote Sensing in vegetation and land surface process modeling, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2005.
Travel Grant awarded by the Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey to attend IAHS Meeting on Regional Management of Water Resources, UC Davis, Davis, CA, 2000
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship for outstanding college students (1993-1996)