Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

PostDoc Seismologist  & Deputy Project Manager at Geo-INQUIRE

Research Interests:

• Focus: Near fault ground motions along the North Anatolian Fault Zone & Marmara Region - Türkiye
• Engineering Seismology
• Analysis of site and source-effects in current ground motion models
  
• Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment
• Analysis of site amplification factors used in seismic design codes (Eurocode 8-Part 1 and TEBC2019)
  
  

Education:

• 07/2025       : Seismologist, GFZ-Potsdam, Section 2.6 "Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics". 
• 2020 - 2025 : PhD Student and research assistant at GFZ-Potsdam, Section 2.6 "Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics". PhD Thesis: "The impact of novel and large accelerometric databases in Türkiye on the understanding of near-fault effects and seismic building code amplification factors". Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Fabrice Cotton, Prof. MA Sandikkaya (Hacettepe University)
• 2018 - 2020 : Guest student at the Hacettepe University, Department of Civil Engineering, Ankara/Turkey
  
• 2015 - 2017 : M.Sc. Geosciences (Focus: Geophysics), University of Potsdam. "Dependency of near-field ground motions on the structural maturity of the North Anatolian Fault Zone in Türkiye.". Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Fabrice Cotton, Prof. Mustafa Tolga Yilmaz (METU)
• 2011 - 2015 : B.Sc. Geosciences, University of Potsdam. Bachelorthesis: "Moho depth of the Lake Van Region in Türkiye from Receiver Functions". Prof. Dr. Roland Oberhänsli, Prof. Dr. Frank Krüger

Projects:

• 2024-2026: Deputy Project Manager @ Geo-INQUIRE (HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01 call, GA 101058518)
• 2018 - 2020: Researcher @ TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) No: 117M14, "Ground motion variability caused by nonlinear site amplification and regional variations"