Research Interests

Marine Biotic Responses to Environmental Changes, Climate and Paleoclimate, Micropaleontology, Foraminifera

Education

2017- Now   | PhD, Department of Geological Engineering, METU, TURKEY

2014- 2017  | M.Sc., Department of Geological Engineering, METU, TURKEY

2008- 2014  | B.Sc., Department of Geological Engineering, METU, TURKEY

Professional Experience

2015- Now  | Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological                                                     Engineering, Ankara, TURKEY

2013- 2014 | Part time Student Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara, TURKEY

Oceanographic Cruises

2019 | Erdemli Time Series (Mersin Bay/Norteastern Mediterranean) and Marmara Sea & Black Sea Research Cruises with R/V Bilim-2

Scientific Events

Conferences​

• Tanık G. & Özkan-Altıner S., (2018). Upper Paleocene-Lowermost Eocene Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Record of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Haymana Basin (Ankara, Turkey). Oral presentation in EGU2018, Vienna, Austria

• Tanık G. & Özkan-Altıner S., (2017). Initial Findings on Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of an Upper Paleocene – Lower Eocene Succession in Northern Haymana (Ankara, Turkey). Oral presentation in 70th Geological Congress of Turkey; Ankara, Turkey

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