Mitarbeiter:innen

Funktion und Aufgaben:

Principal Investigator of the DFG-funded CHASING project and Scientific Coordinator of the Eger Large-N International Seismic Experiment (ELISE). Coordination of international seismic experiments, research collaborations, student supervision, and earthquake-swarm studies.

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

Earthquake Swarms and Burst-Like Seismicity
Earthquake Source Processes
Fluid- and Magma-Induced Seismicity
Lithosphere–Fluid Interactions
Active Lithospheric Transformation
Volcano Seismology
Lithospheric Imaging
Machine Learning in Seismology
Large-N and Dense Seismic Arrays
Deep Volatile Transport and Seismic Monitoring

Karriere:

2012–2013
Researcher, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Türkiye

Project: Seismic monitoring of reinjected water in the Salavatlı–Köşk–Aydın geothermal area.


2013–2019
Research Assistant, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Türkiye


2017
Participant, GFZ International Training Course: “Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation”

Organized by Section 2.1, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and UNESCO


2019–2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Türkiye

Project: The Deviation Angle from P-Wave Particle Motion of the KOERI Network

Related publication: Büyükakpınar et al. (2021), Seismological Research Letters


2020
Visiting Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Project: Reservoir-Triggered Seismicity in Eastern Türkiye
Funding: German Federal Foreign Office

Related publication: Büyükakpınar et al. (2021), Frontiers in Earth Science


2021–2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Catania, Italy

Project: eTna eRUption assiSTant (TRUST)
Funding: Department of Civil Protection of the Sicilian Region

Related publication: Büyükakpınar et al. (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth


2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Project: Early Warning and Rapid Impact Assessment with Real-Time GNSS in the Mediterranean (EWRICA)
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)


2022–2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Potsdam, Germany, in collaboration with GFZ

Project: Insights into Rupture Directivity Patterns from Microseismicity to Weak Events: Implications for Induced Seismicity by Fluid Injection Processes (INDI)

Related publication: Büyükakpınar et al. (2024), Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth


2023–Present
Principal Investigator, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Project: Characterizing Source Properties of NW Bohemia/Vogtland Earthquake Swarms Exploiting Novel Network and Waveform Processing Tools (CHASING)

Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)

Related publication: Büyükakpınar et al. (2026), Communications Earth & Environment


2025–Present
Scientific Coordinator, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Project: Eger Large-N International Seismic Experiment (ELISE)

Initiator and scientific coordinator of an international, cross-border dense seismic experiment in Germany and Czechia.

Projekte:

CHASING – Characterizing Source Properties of NW Bohemia/Vogtland Earthquake Swarms Exploiting Novel Network and Waveform Processing Tools

CHASING investigates earthquake-swarm processes in the NW Bohemia/Vogtland region using machine-learning-based microearthquake detection, waveform clustering, earthquake source analysis, and moment tensor inversion. The project aims to distinguish tectonic fault activation from seismicity driven by fluids or magma.

Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 2023–Present
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), Priority Programme 1006 / ICDP

ELISE – Eger Large-N International Seismic Experiment

ELISE is an international, cross-border dense seismic experiment in the earthquake-swarm region of Germany and Czechia. The experiment uses approximately 300 seismic stations to investigate earthquake-swarm activity, crustal structure, and the transport of deep fluids and magmatic volatiles.

Role: Initiator and Scientific Coordinator
Duration: 2025–Present

Wissenschaftliche Gremien:

2026–Present
Member of the Coordinating Committee of TopoAsia – Advancing a 4-D Understanding of Asia’s Dynamic Earth

Contributing to the scientific strategy, international coordination, and development of the TopoAsia research network.