CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
06.2013 - 07.2018
Dr. Sc. in Civil Engineering
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis title : Quantification of biological effects on soil stability
Supervisors : Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman (ETHZ) and Dr. Frank Graf (WSL – SLF)
09.2010 - 01.2013
M. Sc. in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Thesis title : Utilisation of artificial pneumatic muscles on large-scale direct shear test setup
09.2005 - 06.2010
B. Sc. in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
WORK EXPERIENCE
10.2021 - Present: Postdoctoral researcher
Methods for Model-based Development in Computational Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
11.2020 - 10.2021: Postdoctoral researcher
Computational Geosciences, University of Göttingen, Germany
01.2019 - 11.2020 Postdoctoral research associate
National Green Infrastructure Facility (NGIF), Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Working as a research associate in PLEXUS and ACHILLES projects
Management of research conducted in Sustainable Drainage Systems Laboratory
Management and visualisation of the real-time data from sensors used at NGIF
Supervision of MSc, MEng and BEng students in Civil Engineering
10.2018 - 12.2018: Postdoctoral researcher
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Developing an application for the visualisation of a soil model to be used in teaching (OCC-R)
06.2017 - 10.2018: Scientific assistant
Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Developing a regional early warning system for shallow landslides
06.2013 - 06.2017: PhD student
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Working as a PhD student in Mountain Ecosystems research group
Working as a guest PhD student in Mountain Torrents research group
02.2011 - 04.2013: Teaching assistant
Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Management of research in Karl Terzaghi Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Administrative tasks of Karl Terzaghi Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Assisting the teaching in numerous courses related to geotechnical engineering
AWARDS
Culmann Prize 2019
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Outstanding doctoral thesis in civil engineering
Roland Schlich Early Career Scientist’s Travel Support 2018
European Geosciences Union
Presentation in “Landslide Hydrology”
INVITED TALKS
10.2019
Annual Seminar of Northern Geotechnical Group
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
09.2019
Multi-scale Analysis of Slopes under Climate Change
Barcelona, Spain
05.2018
5th Italian Workshop on Landslides
Naples, Italy
FUNDING
Workshop organisation
Postponed due to COVID-19
From roots to leaves: Linking vegetation to natural hazards
Supported by University of Bath as part of EPSRC grant reference EP/S012168/1
£15000
REVIEWER ACTIVITY
Catena
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
Géotechnique Letters
Ecological Engineering
Landslides
Plant Soil
Journal of Mountain Engineering
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
British Geotechnical Association
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Turkish (Mother tongue)
English (C1 level)
German (B1 level)
Italian (A2 level)