PhD in Environmental Sciences
ETH Zurich and Empa. Thesis: The Influence of Street Trees on Urban Cooling and Human Thermal Comfort.
About
Urban climate, modelling, and data-driven research
I am a PhD researcher at Empa and ETH Zurich. My current research examines how street trees affect urban cooling and human thermal comfort, and how these processes can be represented in atmospheric models such as ICON.
My background combines meteorological engineering, atmospheric sciences, climate data analysis, and scientific Python. I am most interested in work that connects model development with clear, reproducible analysis of real environmental questions.
Education
MSc in Atmospheric Sciences
Istanbul Technical University. Thesis: Future Changes in Hourly Extreme Precipitation, Return Levels, and Non-stationary Impacts in Türkiye.
BSc in Meteorological Engineering
Istanbul Technical University. Thesis: Assessment of Urbanization Impact on Heavy Precipitation in Istanbul, Turkey.
Experience
PhD Researcher, Empa
Researching street-tree impacts on urban climate and thermal comfort using ICON and urban canopy model development.
Project Engineer, Cirrus
Worked on climate-risk analysis for the UNDP Enhancing Adaptation Action in Turkey project, including post-processing and climate-model data workflows.
Data Science Intern, Tarentum AI
Analysed wind-power generation data and evaluated forecast-error behaviour for energy applications.
Student Intern, Alkazar Technology
Explored machine-learning methods for radar-image nowcasting.
Technical Focus
Tools and topics I use regularly in research and development.
Python
ICON
TERRA_URB
BEP-Tree
WRF
COSMO-CLM
GIS
Xarray
Pandas
NumPy
Matplotlib
MetPy
Urban meteorology
Extreme events
Climate modelling
Scientific visualization