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Dr. Namık ÇAĞATAY, Prof. Chairperson
Coordinator of EMCOL (212)285-6211 cagatay@itu.edu.tr E504 http://www.emcol.itu.edu.tr
B.Sc. in Geology, University College of London, 1967 M.Sc. in Geology, University College of London, 1973 Ph.D. in Geology, Imperial College of London, 1977
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Paleoceanography and marine geology
Dr. Naci GÖRÜR, Prof. Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (212)285-6213 gorur@itu.edu.tr E507
B.Sc. in Geol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1967 M.Sc. in Geol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1971 Ph.D. in Geology, Imperial College of London, 1977
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Carbonate sedimentology ► Tectonics and sedimentation ► Basin analysis and petroleum geology
Dr. Remzi AKKÖK, Prof.
Chair, Department of Geological Engineering
Task Manager at EMCOL (212)285-6213 akkok@itu.edu.tr E502 http://www.jeoloji.itu.edu.tr/
B.Sc. in Geol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1967 M.Sc. in Geol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1970 Ph.D. in Geology, University College of London, 1974
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► General geology
Dr. A.M. Celal ŞENGÖR, Prof. Faculty of Eurasia Institute of Earth Science Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) (212)285-6209 sengor@itu.edu.tr E506
B.S. in Geology, State University of New York (SUNY), 1978 M.S. in Geology, State University of New York (SUNY), 1979 Ph.D. in Geology, State University of New York (SUNY), 1982
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Tectonics ► Structural geology ► Historical geology
Dr. Aral I. OKAY, Prof.
Faculty of Eurasia Institute of Earth Science Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)
(212)285-6208 okay@itu.edu.tr D204 http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~okay
B.S. in Geology, University College of London, 1976 Ph.D. in Geology, University of Cambridge, 1980
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Metamorphic petrology and regional tectonics ► Tectonics of the Eastern Mediterranean region ► Petrology of the high and ultra-high pressure rocks
Dr. Boris NATAL'IN, Prof. (212)285-6221 natalin@itu.edu.tr E505
http://www.jeoloji.itu.edu.tr/
B.Sc. in Geology, Leningrad Univ., 1966 M.Sc. in Geology, Leningrad Univ., 1972 Ph.D. in Geology, Science Academy of Soviets Union., 1981
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Structural geology ► Tectonics ► Geodynamics
Dr. Okan TÜYSÜZ, Prof. Director of Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences (212)285-6108 tuysuz@itu.edu.tr D209 http://www.avrasya.itu.edu.tr/tuysuz.htm
B.Sc. in Geology, Istanbul Univ., 1963 M.Sc. in Geology, Istanbul Univ., 1976 Ph.D. in Geology, Istanbul Univ., 1985
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Structural geology and tectonics ► GIS applications and Disaster Risk Analysis
Dr. Mehmet KARACA, Prof. Faculty of Eurasia Institute of Earth Science Member of Center of Excellence for Disaster Management (212)285-6207 karaca@itu.edu.tr D204 http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~karaca/
B.Sc. in Meteorol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1979 M.Sc. in Meteorol. Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1981 M.S. in Atm. Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1985 Ph.D. in Atm. Sciences, University of California, LA (UCLA), 1990 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Modeling in oceanic and atmospheric issues ► Paleoclimatology, paleoceanography ► Climate change ► Air pollution
► Disaster management
Dr. Serdar AKYÜZ, Assoc. Prof. (212)285-6156 akyuz@itu.edu.tr E501 http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~akyuz/
B.Sc. in Geol.Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1983 M.Sc. in Geol.Eng., Istanbul Technical Univ., 1987 Ph.D. in Geology, Istanbul Technical Univ., 1995
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Active tectonics ► Structural and field geology ► Paleo- and archaeo-seismology
Dr. Ercan ÖZCAN, Assoc. Prof. Task Manager at EMCOL
(212)285-6148 ozcanerc@itu.edu.tr E503
B.Sc. in Geol.Eng., Middle East Technical Univ., 1984 M.Sc. in Geol.Eng., Middle East Technical Univ., 1986 Ph.D. in Geology, Middle East Technical Univ., 1994
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Paleontology
► Biometry and Evolution
► Stratigraphy
Dr. Nilgün OKAY, Assoc. Prof. Departmental ERASMUS Coordinator
Faculty ABET Coordinator
Vice Director of Center of Excellence for Disaster Management Task Manager at EMCOL
(212)285-6143 okayn@itu.edu.tr D216 http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~okayn/
B.Sc. in Geophys.Eng, Istanbul Technical Univ., 1981 M.A. in Geology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, 1990 M.Phil. in Earth and Environ. Sci., New York City Univ., 1993 Ph.D. in Earth and Env. Sci., CUNY., 1995
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► Marine geology/geophysics, heat flow
► Provenance studies
► Women studies
Dr. Ziyadin ÇAKIR, Assist.Prof.
(212)285-7142 cakirz@itu.edu.tr
http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~cakirz
B.Sc. in Geology, Ankara University, 1991 M.Sc. in Geology, Bristol University, 1996 Ph.D. in Geology, ITU & Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, 2003
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ► SAR Interferometry ► Modelling crustal deformation, Coulomb stress modeling ► Structural geology ► Active tectonics and Paleoseismology