I am a Quaternary geoscientist and geochronologist specializing in terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) dating of glacial, volcanic, and tectonic landforms. I lead a research group at Istanbul Technical University focused on reconstructing Late Quaternary paleoclimate by integrating high-resolution chronologies with inverse glacier modeling and multiproxy synthesis. My field expertise and in-house sample preparation laboratory span five continents—from the Mediterranean and Dinaric Alps to the Himalayas, Central Asia, Patagonia, and Antarctica—enabling research into global climate dynamics during the last glaciation and Holocene.

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Education:

2009 Ph.D., Hydrology & Water Resources Dept., University of Arizona, USA

2001 MSc., Geological Engineering Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

1998 BSc., Geological Engineering Dept., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Experience:

2024 — (cont.) Visiting Professor, Hydrology & Atmos. Sci. Dept., U. of Arizona, USA

2018 — (cont.) Professor, İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey

2013 Associate Professor, İstanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey

2010 Post-doc & Research Associate, University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA

2009 Technical Expert, Cosmogenic Isotope Lab. University of Arizona, USA

2004 Research and Teaching Ass., Hydrology & Water Res. Dept., U. of Arizona, USA

1998 Research and Teaching Ass., Geological Engi. Dept., Hacettepe U., Ankara, Turkey

Dissertations:

PhD

Sarıkaya, M.A., 2009, Late Quaternary glaciation and paleoclimate of Turkey inferred from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of moraines and glacier modeling, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arizona., Tucson AZ, USA.

MSc

Sarıkaya, M.A., 2001, Structural investigation of the contact between the Menderes metamorphic core complex and the Tertiary units of Gediz graben in Alaşehir-Salihli region (near Karadut), [in Turkish], M.Sc. Thesis, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Ankara, Turkey.