Projects

International Projects/Tasks

• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) International Meteorology Consultant. "Supporting existing weather forecasting capabilities (accuracy analysis of satellite precipitation estimates, verification of NWP models), analyzing and processing of weather radar products, WIGOS, OSCAR/Surface implementation, and developing training materials for National Center for Meteorology (NCM) of Saudi Arabia (9 months in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during 2022)  

• UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) International Meteorology Expert. Project title: "Evaluation of satellite and weather products of Georgia" under "Scaling-up Multi Hazard Early Warning System and the use of Climate Information in Georgia" project (total 9 months during 2022 year).    

• CNPq project, Researcher. "Evaluation of easterly wave disturbances over the Tropical South Atlantic in the present climate using the CMIP6 models", Federal University of Alagoas, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Alagoas, Brazil (2019-2022). 

• CNPq project, Researcher. "Characteristics and variability of Easterly Wave Disturbances over the South Tropical Atlantic", Federal University of Alagoas, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Alagoas, Brazil (2021-2023). 

• FAPEAL project, Researcher. "Forecasting wind power generation for northeastern Brazil coupling atmospheric model and machine learning", Federal University of Alagoas, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Alagoas, Brazil (2023-2025). 

• ITV-DS project, Researcher."Vulnerability of Vale's mineral chain in relation to extreme precipitation events in climate change scenarios: regional climate modeling", Federal University of Alagoas, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Alagoas, Brazil (2022-2025).

National Projects/Tasks

• The impacts of Meteorological Conditions on High-PM10 Concentration Levels in Istanbul, 2019-2020 (Marmara University BAP Projects, Researcher)

• Saharan dust transport to Turkey: Background atmospheric mechanisms and impacts on health diseases, 2019-2020 (Marmara University BAP Project, Researcher)

• Determination of the impact areas of chemical accidents that occur in Istanbul Province and cause fire or explosion using the Aloha program and evaluation of accident results, 2021-2022 (Marmara University BAP project, Researcher)

• Impact of heat waves on human health, 2021-2022 (Marmara University BAP Project, Researcher)

• Long-term variations and synoptic features of heat waves in Turkey, 2021-2023 (Gebze Technical University BAP Project, Coordinator)

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) distribution in precipitation at the northwestern of Turkey: Identification of sources and meteorological influences, 2021-2023 (Gebze Technical University BAP Project, Coordinator) 

• Spatiotemporal variability of Black Sea surface temperatures, 2023-2024 (Gebze Technical University BAP Project, Coordinator)   

• Desert dust intrusions to Southeastern of Turkey: Health Impacts and Associated Synoptic Conditions, 2024-2025 (Gebze Technical University BAP Project, Coordinator)

• Investigation of storm related seismic noise in western Black Sea, 2024-2025 (Gebze Technical University BAP Project, Researcher)

• Modeling the Effect of Sahara Desert Dust on Air Pollution and Health in Kocaeli Region, 2024-2026 (Kocaeli University and Gebze Technical University Cooperation BAP project, Researcher)

• Investigation the impacts of atmospheric circulation patterns, local meteorological conditions, and earthquake events on the regional particulate matter increase and determining source regions, 2024-2026 (Kocaeli University and Gebze Technical University Cooperation BAP project, Researcher)

• Analysis of long-term changes of soil moisture in Türkiye and its associated with heat wave events, 2024-2026 (Kocaeli University and Gebze Technical University Cooperation BAP project, Researcher)

Project Evaluators/Experts

• Technical Expert on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)

• Project Evaluator at ERA Net RUS Plus 2017 projects

• Project Evaluator at OPUS National Science Centre, Poland, 2018

• Project Evaluators at KAPPA Projects (Bilateral Cooporation between Czechia, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein), 2020

• Project Evaluator at TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 2018 projects

• Project Evaluator at ISF (Israel Science Foundation), 2023

• Expert at COST (European Cooporation in Science and Technology) Actions

• Working Group at OPENSENSE (Opportunistic precipitation sensing network: European COST Action: CA20136)

• Working Group at DAMOCLES (Understanding and Modeling Compound Climate and Weather Events: European COST Action: CA17109)

• Working Group at 3DForEcoTech (Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies: European COST Action: CA20118)

• Working Group at FutureMed (A transdisciplinary network to bridge climate science and impacts on society: European COST Action: CA22162)

• Working Group at NERO (Europen Network on Extreme fire behaviour: European COST Action: CA22164)

• Management Committee Substitute at International Network to Encourage the Use of Monitoring and Forecasting Dust Products (European COST Action: CA16202)

Awards & Scholarships

• The Best Thesis Award of Istanbul Technical University for the Academic Year 2015-2016

• Scientific Travel Award from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), 2015

• Scientific Travel Award from Istanbul Technical University, 2014

• Science of the Total Environment Certificate of Reviewing awarded November, 2016. In recognition of the review made for the journal

• Science of the Total Environment Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing awarded November, 2016 In recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal

Referee for Journals

Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Ocean Engineering, Advances in Meteorology, Science of the Total Environment, Theoretical Applied and Climatology, Natural Hazards, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, Physical Geography, Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, International Journal of Environmental Protection (IJEP), european Journal of Science and Technology (EJOSAT)

Thesis Co-Advisor of (MSc/PhD)

• Hilal Arslan, Ph.D (2020). Saharan dust transport to Turkey: Background atmospheric mechanisms and impacts on health diseases (Marmara University, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Cagla Sinem Ozgen Alemdar, MSc (2020). Background sources and meteorological conditions of high-PM10 concentrations in Istanbul, Turkey (Marmara University, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Destan Gül, MSc (2021). Spatiotemporal variability of surface humidity over Turkey (Marmara University, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Katyelle Silva, BSc. (2022). Variations and atmospheric bottom mechanisms triggering simultaneous drought and heat wave events in the summer over Northeast Brazil. (Federal University of Alagoes, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Maceio, Brazil).

• Tuba Nur Tonyali, MSc (2023). Comparison of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) Products with Gauge-Based Data over Turkey. (Gebze Technical University, Institute of Earth & Marine Sciences, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey)

•  Mustafa Kemal Turk MSc (2023). Spatiotemporal variation of the Black Sea surface temperature. (Gebze Technical University, Institute of Earth & Marine Sciences, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey)

• Yunus Ozturk, Ph.D (2023). The Impacts of heat waves on health-related illness in a coastal city of Turkey (Marmara University, Occupational Health and Security, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Bugra Celik, Ph.D (2024). Investigation of Recent Climate Change in North-Western Turkey by Paleoclimatic Reconstruction of Borehole Temperatures (Marmara University, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Remzi Besiktas, Ph.D (2024). Determining the impact areas of chemical substance related accidents that occurred in Istanbul province and caused fire or explosion using ALOHA program and evaluation of accident results (Marmara University, Occupational Health and Security, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Mir Bahauddin, Ph.D (2024). The role of large-scale atmospheric circulations on long-term variations of PM10 over Turkey (Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Environmental Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey)

• Sevda Merve Alyagut, MSc (2024). Long-term trends of meteorological drought over Turkiye. (Gebze Technical University, Institute of Earth & Marine Sciences, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey)