{"id":32,"date":"2016-12-29T13:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/yilmazk\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:07:40","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/yilmazk\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current Position:<\/h1>\n
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Associate Professor<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\n

Affiliated Faculty Member, Middle East Technical University<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Center for Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (2020-present)
\nDepartment of Earth System Science (2014-present)
\nDepartment of Geographic & Geodetic Information Technologies (2012-present)<\/p>\n

Experience:<\/h1>\n
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Associate Head of Department (2014-2019, 2020-2022)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey<\/p>\n

ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, UK (May 2023)<\/p>\n

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UK (June 2014)<\/p>\n

Visiting Associate Research Scientist (July, 2019- July, 2020)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland<\/p>\n

Executive Board Member (May 2018-2019)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Faculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey<\/p>\n

Visiting Scholar \u2013 Franklin International Scholar Program (Summer 2017)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Geology, University of Georgia, USA<\/p>\n

Visiting Scholar (Summer 2013)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor (Dec. 2011- May 2016)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey<\/p>\n

Lecturer (April 2010 – Dec. 2011)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey<\/p>\n

Research Associate (2008-2009)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), Univ. of Maryland<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2007-2008)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona<\/p>\n

Graduate Research Assistant<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona, USA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2001-2007<\/p>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Tech. Univ., TURKEY 1996-2001<\/p>\n

Education:<\/h1>\n
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Ph.D., Hydrology and Water Resources, (2001-2007)<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/p>\n

Dissertation:”Towards improved modeling for hydrologic predictions in poorly gauged basins” Advisor: Prof. Hoshin Gupta<\/p>\n

M.Sc., Hydrogeology, (1996-1999)<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\n

Thesis Title: “Characterization of the Kucuk Menderes River Basin aquifer system” Advisor: Prof. Hasan Yazicigil<\/p>\n

B.Sc., Geological Engineering, (1992-1996)<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\n

Service:<\/h1>\n
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Expert, Natural Sciences Sector (Hydrology), Turkish National Commission for UNESCO<\/a> (2018-present)<\/p>\n

Member, Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Science Team, NASA (2020-present)<\/p>\n

Secretary, IAHS International Commission on the Coupled Land Atmosphere Systems (ICCLAS) (2015-2019).<\/p>\n

Vice President, IAHS International Commission on the Coupled Land Atmosphere Systems (ICCLAS) (2011-2015).<\/p>\n

Reviewer:<\/h1>\n
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Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrol. & Earth Sys. Sci. (HESS), Journal of Hydrologic Eng., Geoscience & Remote Sens. Letters, J.of Hydrometeorology and others.<\/p>\n

Editor:<\/h1>\n
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IAHS Red Book, New approaches to hydrological prediction in data sparse regions, IAHS Publ. 333 (2009), ISBN 978-1-907161-04-9.<\/p>\n

IAHS Red Book, Hydro-climatology: Variability and Change, IAHS Publ. 344 (2011), ISBN 978-1-907161-19-3.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 978-1-907161-37-7.<\/p>\n

Symposium Convener:<\/h1>\n
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New approaches to hydrological prediction in data sparse regions, 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly, Hyderabad, India, 7-12 September 2009.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

Session Convener:<\/h1>\n
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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)<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

Session H99: Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 5-9 December 2011<\/p>\n

Awards:<\/h1>\n
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International Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Award (Program No:2219) to visit University of Maryland, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (2019-2020)<\/p>\n

Academic Performance Award, Rectorate, Middle East Technical Univ. (2012, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022)<\/p>\n

Franklin International Scholar Program Fellowship awarded by Univ. of Georgia \u2013 Visiting Scholar (2017)<\/p>\n

HWR Research Assistantships in Surface Water Hydrology (2001-2007)<\/p>\n

Salt River Project Fellowship, Doctoral Fellow in Surface Water Hydrology (2005-2007)<\/p>\n

The World Laboratory Doctoral Fellowship (2001-2003)<\/p>\n

Honorary Citizen of Tucson, awarded by Tucson Mayor Robert Walkup, 2006<\/p>\n

First Prize award in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Poster Context, U. of Arizona, 2006<\/p>\n

Travel Grant awarded by Graduate & Professional Student Council to attend 7th IAHS General Assembly in Perugia, Italy, 2007<\/p>\n

Travel Grant awarded by Graduate & Professional Student Council to attend AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, USA, 2007<\/p>\n

PUB Workshop Registration Fee Grant awarded by Workshop Organizing Committee to attend PUB Workshop in Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Oregon, 2006<\/p>\n

College Registration Fee Scholarship awarded by Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, U. of Arizona, 2005&2006<\/p>\n

Travel Grant awarded by Institute for the Study of Planet Earth to attend 8th IAHS General Assembly in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil, 2005<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship for outstanding college students (1993-1996)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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