Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral Researcher at ArboKlim Project.

Research Interests:

In short, my research now focuses on understanding how trees respond to environmental stress and extreme weather. By combining seismology with eco-hydrological and dendrological observations, we investigate how changes in tree motion reflect their health, stability and resilience. Understanding living trees as evolving mechanical systems whose dynamic response reflects both their structural integrity and physiological state is my main goal. As a seismologist with a rotational seismology background, I am specially interested in tilt and torsion of trees and will try to model beech and oak tree motions and account for changing behavior.  

Career:

Since July 2026: Postdoctoral researcher at German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Geomorphology Section ArboKlim project.

2023 - 2025: Research Assistant at University of Potsdam, General Geophysics Group.

Education:

2025: PhD student at University of Potsdam under the supervision of Prof. Eva P.S. Eibl, General Geophysics Section, Rotational Seismology.

2017: M.Sc. in Geophysical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tuna Eken, Frequency dependent coda wave attenuation on tectonically complex regions.

2015: B.Sc. in Geophysical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Argun Kocaoglu, Dispersion analysis.

Projects:

ONGOING:

Understanding tree responses to weather extremes around the UNESCO World Heritage landscapes of Potsdam. ArboKlim project embedded in TERENO network.

Investigating Rayleigh Waves on Mt. Etna. Rotational-Night project embedded in Geo-Inquire Transnational Access.

Eruptive Behavior Change of the Strokkur Geyser

FINISHED:

Portable Rotational Sensor (Fiber Optic Gyroscope) Investigations

Frequency Dependent Attenuation on Active Tectonics Regions of Anatolian Microplate