Research interests:

Atmosphere Modeling, Global and Regional Climate Change, Air Pollution

Biography:
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2005, Ph.D., Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
1996, M.Sc., Meteorological Engineering, ITU
1992, B.Sc. Meteorological Engineering, ITU

2009 - Associate Professor, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
2007-2008, Post-Doc., Computational Chemodynamics Laboratory, The State Univ. of New Jersey
2005-2007, Senior Research Scientist, ITU
2003-2004, Visiting Scholar, Envir. Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2003-2004, Visiting Scholar, Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis, USA
2001-2005, Research Assistant, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, ITU
1996 -2001, Planning Engineer, DSI, Istanbul

Most important 5 publications:

U. Im, K. Markakis, A. Poupkou, D. Melas, A. Unal, E. Gerasopoulos, N. Daskalakis, T. Kindap, M. Kanakidou “The impact of temperature changes on summer time ozone and its precursors in the Eastern Mediterranean” Atmos. Chem. Phys.11, 3847-3864, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3847- 2011.

Im U., Poupkou A., Incecik S., Markakis K., Kindap T., Unal, A., Melas D., Yenigun O., Topcu S., Odman M.T., Tayanc M., Guler M. “The impact of anthropogenic and biogenic emissions
on surface ozone concentrations in Istanbul” Science of the Total Environment, 409(7),
1255-1265, 2011.

Sen, O. L., Unal, A., Kindap, T., Karaca, M. “Shifts in Runoff Timing of Euphrates and Tigris Rivers: Indicator for Regional Climate Change?” Hydrological Research Letters, (2011) In Press.

Kanakidoua, M., Mihalopoulosa, N., Kindap, T., Im, U., Vrekoussisc, M., Dermitzakia, E.,
Gerasopoulosd, E., Unal, A., Kocak, M., Markakis, K., Melas, D., Youssef, A.F.,Moubasherg, H. “Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean”, Atmospheric Environment, 45, 6, 223-1235, 2011.

Ozdemir, H., Unal, A., Kindap, T., Turuncoglu, U.U., Durmusoglu, Z.O., Khan, M., Tayanc, M.,
Karaca, M. “Quantification of the Urban Heat Island under a Changing Climate” Theoretical and Applied Climatology, In Press, 2011.Kindap, T., “A severe sea-effect snow episode over the city of Istanbul”, Natural Hazards, 54(3), 707-723, (2010).