Research Interest

Marine Fishes, Feeding Biology, Deep Sea Exploration, Trophic Level, Invasive Species

 

Education

2013-2019 | PhD, Department of Biology, Hydrobiology, Fish Biology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TURKIYE
2009-2012 | MSc, Department of Biology, Hydrobiology, Fish Biology, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, TURKIYE
2005-2009 | BSc, Department of Biology, Environmental Biology, Ege University, Izmir, TURKIYE

 

Professional Experience

2024 – Now | Postdoctoral Researcher, Deep Sea Research Group, METU Institute of Marine Sciences Mersin, TURKIYE

2023 – 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher, METU Institute of Marine Sciences Mersin, TURKIYE
2010 – 2019 | Contracted Science Manager, E/V NAUTILUS, Ocean Exploration Trust (OET)

2013 | Assistant Researcher, SEPA Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity Detection Project, Çanakkale, TURKIYE​

2010 | Researcher, WWF Kaş-Kekova Biodiversity Project, Antalya, TURKIYE

2009 | Staff Member, SEPA Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Conservation and Monitoring Project, Izmir, TURKIYE

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Publications

• Tüzün S, Gücü AC, 2024. Trophic positioning among native and non-indigenous species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 25(2), 382–392. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.36966

• Tüzün S, Gücü AC, 2023. Diet variations of Striped Piggy, Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775) (Teleostei: Haemulidae) in the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103129

• Tüzün S, Dalyan C, Eryılmaz L, 2021. Feeding biology and resource partitioning of the Mullidae family members off the northeastern Levantine coast of Turkey. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 104, 1629–1642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01190-9

•  Tüzün S, Dalyan C, Eryılmaz L, 2019. Age and Growth of the Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus L. 1758) in the North Aegean Sea, Journal of Ichthyology 59(4): 572-582.

•  Kesici NB, Dalyan C, Gönülal O, Akkaya A, Lyne P, Tüzün S, Yıldırım B, 2021. A preliminary study on marine top predators inhabiting Gökçeada Island, the North Aegean Sea, Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment, 27(1): 34–48.

• Raineault N, Ballard RD, Mayer L, Fisher CR, Carey S, Marsh L, Kane R, Tüzün S, Shank TM, Smart C, 2016. Exploration of Hydrothermal Vents Along the Galápagos Spreading Center, Oceanography 29(1), supplement, 35-37.

• Carey S, Fisher CR, Salinas PL, Roman C, Raineault N, Suarez J, Smart C, Kane R, Tüzün S, Balcanoff J, Lubetkin M, Jones M, Schwartz D, Fornari D, Soule A, Wanless D, Watling L, Ballard RD, 2016. Exploring the Undersea World of the Galápagos Islands, Oceanography 29(1), supplement, 32-34.

• Gönülal O, Dalyan C, Tüzün S, 2015. The easternmost record of the uncommon crab, Paragalene longicrura (Nardo, 1869) (Brachyura,Progeryonidae) for the Mediterranean Sea: Iskenderun Bay, Turkey, Crustaceana, 88(10–11): 1245-1249.

• Etnoyer PJ, Brennan ML, Finamore D, Hammond S, Vargas M, Janson X, Tüzün S, Wagner J, Ferraro D, Snyder W, 2014. Exploration and Mapping of the Deep Mesoamerican Reef, Oceanography 28(1), supplement, 34-35.

• Beköz AB, Beköz S, Yilmaz E, Tüzün S, Beköz Ü, 2013. Consequences of the increasing prevalence of the poisonous Lagocephalus sceleratus in southern Turkey. Emergency Medicine Journal 30: 954-955.

• Brennan M, Davis D, Roman C, Buynevich I, Catsambis A, Kofahl M, Merrigan M, Tüzün S, Duman M, Urkmez D, Vaughn I, Turanli T, 2012. Coastal Exploration of the Southern Black Sea off Eregli and Sinop, Turkey, Oceanography 25(1), supplement, 26-27.

• Brennan ML, Ballard R, Duman M, Inglis G, Tüzün S, Turanli T, 2012. Continued Documentation of the Coastal Landscape Off the Datça Peninsula, Turkey. Oceanography 25(1), supplement, 28-29.

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Oceanographic Cruises

2024 | Black Sea & Sea of Marmara, R/V Bilim-II, MARMOD & ERC DeepTrace Project Cruises, Turkiye​

2019 | Central Pacific Ocean, American Samoa,  E/V Nautilus, USA

2018 | Northern Pacific Ocean, Canada, E/V Nautilus, USA

2017 | Northern Pacific Ocean, Canada, E/V Nautilus, USA

2016 | Northern Pacific Ocean, Canada, E/V Nautilus, USA

2015 | Ecuador & Northern Pacific Ocean, Canada, E/V Nautilus, USA

2014 | Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea, E/V Nautilus, USA

2013 | Sea of Marmara, R/V TÜBİTAK Marmara, Turkiye

2013 | Gulf of Mexico, E/V Nautilus, USA

2012 | Black Sea & Anaximander Underwater Mountains, E/V Nautilus, Turkiye

2011 | Black Sea, E/V Nautilus, Turkiye

2010 | Anaximander Underwater Mountains, E/V Nautilus, Turkiye

 

Scientific Events

Conferences

• Oral Presentation, Scientific Conference on Impacts of Marine Invasive Alien Species, Antalya, Turkiye (2022)

• Oral Presentation, ), 5th National Marine Science Conference, Trabzon, Turkiye (2022)

• Oral Presentation, 1st National Deep Sea Workshop, Gökçeada, Turkiye (2017)

• Poster Presentation,  41st CIESM Congress, Kiel, Germany (2016)

• Poster Presentation, 17th National Fisheries Symposium, Istanbul, Turkiye (2013)

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Presentations

2018 | E/V Nautilus and Deep Sea Exploration, TEDx Istanbul, Speaker

2021 | Diving into the Deep, Interview on a popular science Youtube channel (Evrim Ağacı), Speaker

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