Personal Details:
Date and Place of Birth: January 7th 1952, Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality: Turkish
Marital Status: Married, two children
Education:
1977-1981 Ph.D, from Department of Geology, University of Bristol,England, title of thesis “Seismotectonic Aspects of the North Anatolian Fault Zone” under supervision of Dr.P.L.Hancock
1970-1975 B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology, University of Istanbul, Turkey, MSc. thesis prepared on “Structural Geology of the Area Between Reşadiye and Niksar on the North Anatolian Fault Zone”
Employment:
1998 6 months visiting Professor at IPG Paris
1996 Professor at Geology Department of Istanbul Technical University
1992 Associate Professor at Geology Department of İstanbul Technical University.
1990 Associate Professor at the Department of Geophysics, Earthquake Research Institute, the Kandilli Observatory, Bosphorus Univesity, Istanbul, Turkey.
1986-1990 Research Scientist at the Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
1985 Visiting scientist at the University of Bristol, England
1985 Four months research project on oil exploration for Amoco Turkey, with the “ESRI” research group with Dr. John Sweming, University of Swansea, England
1981-1985 Senior Geologist for the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute (MTA) of Turkey
1975-1976 Geologist for the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey
International Experiences:
1998 6 months IPG, Paris
1995 1 month at Ecole Normale Superior, Paris 1995 2 months at ERL, MIT, USA
1986-1990 Visiting Scientist and later Research Scientist at ERL, MIT, USA
1985 4 months , visiting scientist at University of Bristol, England
1984 Three months visiting scientist at Geological Survey of Japan, field study on the Median Tectonic Line in the Shikoku Island
1983 Two months research in Japan, field study on several active faults 1981 PhD student in England