Function and Responsibilities:

Research Interests:

• Seismicity and Active Tectonics:
  Studying seismic activity in various tectonic settings with an emphasis on active fault zones, crustal deformation, and the spatiotemporal distribution of earthquakes. This includes mapping and modeling of active tectonic regions to assess earthquake potential and recurrence.

• Earthquake Source Processes and Seismic Cycle:
  Investigating the source mechanisms of tectonic and volcano-tectonic earthquakes, including repeating earthquake swarm sequences and induced/triggered seismicity. Particular focus is given to characterizing volumetric source components, rupture complexity, and fluid-related processes.

• Machine Learning in Seismology:
  Applying machine learning algorithms for automated earthquake detection, classification, and high-precision localization.

• LARGE-N Seismic Arrays:
  Dense seismic deployments (LARGE-N networks) for high-resolution imaging of seismic sources, crustal structures, and subsurface anomalies. This includes the scientific design, deployment, and processing of these arrays to enhance event detection and resolve small-scale heterogeneities in tectonically active regions.

• Landslide Seismology:
  Analyzing landslide-induced seismic signals to understand their source dynamics and improve detection and characterization of non-tectonic ground failure events.

• Magmatic Systems:
  Exploring the interaction between magmatic processes and seismogenesis using integrated geophysical and geochemical datasets, especially in volcanic and hydrothermal systems.

• Volcano Early Warning:
  Designing real-time early warning systems for volcanic regions based on ambient seismic noise and continuous monitoring, contributing to hazard mitigation in volcanically active areas.

• Lithospheric Imaging:
  Investigating crustal and upper mantle structures using receiver function analysis and surface wave dispersion.

Study Areas

North Anatolian Fault Zone, East Anatolian Fault Zone, NW Bohemia/Vogtland Seismic Swarm Area - Eger Rift, Reykjanes Rift Zone - Iceland, Mt. Etna Volcano - Italy, Eifel Volcanic Field - Germany, Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt, Damavand–Mosha Fault Zone - Iran, Gokova Fault - SW Turkey, Kopili Fault Zone - North-East India, Mt. Fentale - Ethiopian Rift Zone

Career:

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

2017 (1 month)
Participant, GFZ International Training Course: "Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation"
Organized by Section 2.1, GFZ
Funded by the Federal Foreign Office – UNESCO

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

2020 (8 months)
Visiting Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Project: Reservoir-Triggered Seismicity in Eastern Turkey
Funding: German Federal Foreign Office

2021 – 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Catania, Italy
Project: eTna eRUption assiSTant (TRUST)
Funding: Sicily Civil Protection Department

2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Project: EWRICA – Early Warning and Rapid Impact Assessment with Real-Time GNSS in the Mediterranean
Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF)

2022 – 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Potsdam
Project: Insights into Rupture Directivity Patterns from Microseismicity to Weak Events: Implications for Induced Seismicity by Fluid Injection Processes (INDI)

2023 – Present
Principal Investigator, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Project: Characterizing Source Properties of NW Bohemia/Vogtland Earthquake Swarms Exploiting Novel Network and Waveform Processing Tools (CHASING)
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) – SPP 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), 3 years