Korhan Özkan | PI of the Group

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, community ecology, experimental ecology, catchment sea interactions

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Mustafa Korkmaz | Associated Researcher

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, fish ecology and biodiversity, geographic variation, molecular systematic, food webs, sea turtles.

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Masum Billah | Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: Global change ecology, ecology of coastal ecosystems (especially saltmarsh and mangroves), restoration ecology and bioavailability of metals/PAHs in the coastal sediment.

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Serhat Ertuğrul | PhD Student

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, catchment sea interactions

Archana Manjunath | PhD Student

Research interests: Microbial food webs, saline lakes, extreme events

Hasan Arslan | MSc Student

Research interests: Paleoecology, fire ecology

Yeşim Ayar | MSc Student

Co-supervised with Koray Özhan

Research interests: SGD, carbonate chemistry, catchment-sea interactions, freshwater ecology

Meltem Koru | MSc Student

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, climate change, phytoplankton

Onat Arıkan | MSc Student

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, climate change, macrophytes

Ganiye Gel | Engineer

Research interests: DIY sensors, arduino, autonomous systems

Past Members

Gültekin Yılmaz | PhD Student

Co-supervised with Meryem Beklioğlu

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, GHG dynamics, saline lakes

Currently PostDoc at University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA

Burak Kuyumcu | MSc Student

Co-supervised with Ekin Akoğlu and Koray Özhan

Research interests: Numerical modelling, catchment-sea interactions, SGD, ecohydrology, aquatic ecology

Currently PhD student at University of Queens, Canada

Hassan Al-Najjar | Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests: Climate changes, geospatial analysis, stochastic hydrology catchment hydrology, water resources management, marine survey, coastal modeling, seawater desalination, wastewater treatment.

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Saba Başkır | PhD Student (left for a proffesion in art)

Research interests: Paleoecology, diatom ecology, stable isotope, food webs, hydroacoustics, cetacean foraging ecology

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Kaan Özgencil | MSc 2019

Co-supervised with Meryem Beklioğlu

Research interests: Submerged macrophytes and winter water birds using paleoecology

Currently PhD student at METU Biology

Batuhan Çağrı Yapan | MSc 2018

Thesis Topic: Genetics and conservation of Audouin’s Gull

Currently PhD at Geomar, Germany

Fatıma Nur Oğul | MSc 2019

Co-supevised with Arzu Karahan and Ahmet Kıdeyş

Research interests: Population genetics and conservation of sea turtles

Currently PhD at METU IMS

Eric Rayne | MSc Student

At Earth Systems Science

Research interests: Community ecology, the functional ecology of birds

İdil Ilgaz Kaya | Undergraduate Intern

Research interests: Machine learning, aquatic ecology, groundwater, non-linear systems

Currently Guest Student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ahmet Kubilay Hazar | Undergraduate Intern

Research interests: Conservation and restoration, biodiversity

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Yasemin Can | Graduate Intern 2021-2022

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, coral reef conservation, climate change

Currently at the University of Florida

Osman Berk Bile | Undergraduate Intern 2021

Research interests: Aquatic ecology, GHG, Sea acoustics 

Özlem Aslan | Undergraduate Intern 2019-2020

Research interests: Paleoecology, stable isotope

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Melisa Bal | Undergraduate Intern 2016

Research interests: Conservation, ghost crabs

Currently Graduate Student at Istanbul University

Franziska Huber | Undergraduate Intern 2014

Co-supervised with Ahmet Kıdeyş

Research interests: Conservation, sea turtles