Biography

Ecologist with focus on community, aquatic and avian ecology. Current research focus on catchment
ecology including freshwater and sea interactions; ecology of high latitude (polar) and altitude foodwebs;
experimental ecology (mesocosms); seabird ecology and conservation. Assistant professor at the
Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University. PhD (Denmark) on modelling community
assembly and MSc (Turkey) on experimental limnology. Strong experience on scripting for
ecological statistics using R and spatial analyses using ArcGIS. Led and participated in >15 months
fieldwork on antarctic/arctic lakes, experimental limnology (mesocosms), ecosystem monitoring and
avian communities in Turkey, Denmark, Greenland, Antarctica as well as Mediterranean, Marmara
and Black Seas. Experienced in limnological lab work (chemistry and stable isotope analyses, zooplankton
identification). Supervised 1 Post-Doc, 4 PhD (continuing), 3 MSc, and >10 undergraduate
students. Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses on aquatic ecology, statistics (using R) and
GIS. Published 21 manuscripts (9 first-author/first-authored by my students) with 767 google scholar
citations and 10 finished manuscripts in different stages of submission. Co-authored nine scientific
reports and 64 presentations. Accomplished scuba diver, birdwatcher and nature photographer.