Özgeçmiş

Professional Record
August 2012- present day Professor for Geology in the Department of Geological Engineering of the Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi
December 2004-June 2005 Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

Spring 2002-Spring 2008

Member of the Scientific foundation of the Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi
May 2002-August 2012 Head of the Research and Application Centre for Geothermal Energy, Groundwater and Mineral Resources in the Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Isparta, Turkey

August 1999

Professor for Economic Geology and Geochemistry in the Department of Geological Engineering of the Engineering Faculty of the Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey 
July 1995-August 1999

Research Assistant, Lecturer and Project Leader of scientific projects in the Department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin:

  1. Active and fossile geothermal systems in the rift zones of the Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey
  2. Hydrogeochemical investigations of the thermal waters of Kizildere and its environs  under consideration of reinjection possibilities, western Anatolia, Turkey in the Department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Co-ordinator of research project „Heat and mass transfer in geothermal systems of continental rift zones in western Anatolia, Turkey".

Lectures:

  1. Introduction to Engineering Geology (lecture)
  2. Engineering Geology (practical course)
  3. Preparation, Evaluation and Interpretation of data in Geochemistry
  4. Economic geological, hydrogeological and engineering geological field trip in western, northern, northeastern and central Anatolia, Turkey (September/October 1995); field training)
  5. Regional geological, hydrogeological and economic geological field trip in western Anatolia, Turkey (September 1998; field training).
March 1993 - June 1995

University Assistant in the Department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Lectures:

  1. Introduction to Engineering Geology (lecture)
  2. Engineering Geology (practical course)
  3. Hydrogeological and economic geological field trip in western Anatolia, Turkey(September/October 1993; field training)
  4. Hydrogeological field trip in NW Anatolia, Turkey (16-30 July 1994; field training).
May 1992 - February 1993

Research Assistant and Lecturer in the department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Lectures:

  1. Ore Microscopy I (lecture and practical course)
  2. Ore Microscopy II (lecture and practical course)
January 1992 - May 1992

Lecturer in the department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Lectures:

  1. Introduction to Ore Microscopy (lecture and practical course)
  2. Exploration Methods of Ore Geology (lecture).
October 1991 - December 1991

Host Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences of Engineering Faculty of Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Isparta

Lectures:

Seminar for teaching staff, post-graduate and graduate students
July 1990 - September 1991

Research Assistant and Lecturer in Department of Economic and Environment Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Lectures:

Introduction to Ore Microscopy (lecture and practical course).

July 1988 - June 1990

Research Assistant at Institute for Applied Geology of Free University of Berlin within a project „Hydrogeochemistry of fluorine and hard rock geochemistry in the province capital Isparta, Turkey".

Lectures:

  1. Selected Chapters from the Ore Deposits Lectures(lecture)
  2. Ore Microscopy (lecture and practical course).
October 1985 - June 1988

Lecturer at Institute of Applied Geology of Free University of Berlin.

Lectures:

  1. Ore Mineral Determination by external Features (practical course)
  2. Geochemical and geophysical Exploration Methods of Ore Deposits (field trips in Kaernten, Austria).
April 1978 - June 1985

Research Assistant at Institute for Applied Geology of Free University of Berlin within an EU project „Geochemical proximity indicators for strata-bound non-ferrous massive sulphide deposits".
October 1975 - June 1977

Geologist in the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Ankara, Turkey in the research project: Exploration of antimony, mercury and gold occurrences in the Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey.

Academic and Education Record
April 1998

Submission of  second german habilitation thesis to the Faculty of geosciences of the Free University of Berlin. Subject of the thesis: Active and fossile geothermal systems in the continental rift zones of the Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey.

August 1997

Short courses:

  1. Application of Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry to Ore Deposits. Lecturers: A.E. Fallick (Scotland), R. Moritz (Switzerland), A. Cheilletz (France)
  2. Introduction to the Isotope Geochemistry of Sulfur. Lecturer: F. Saupe (France).
April 1993

Short course:

Geochemical Exploration for Base and Precious Metals. Lecturer: G. Closs, R. Glanzman, and J. Jaaks (USA).
October 1992

Associate Professor in the field of ore deposits and geochemistry by a cumulative habilitation in Engineering Faculty of Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Izmir.

June 1985 Ph.D. in Geology at the Free University of Berlin.
April 1978 - September 1980

Geological field work and research for the Ph.D. thesis in the East Pontic metallotect, NE Turkey within a Ph.D. scholarship of republic of Turkey. Subject of the thesis: Geochemistry and genesis of the copper deposits of Murgul, East Pontic metallotect, NE Turkey. Research advisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-J. Schneider, Free University of Berlin.
May 1977 - March 1978

Learn of german language for entrance of Ph.D. studies in Free University of Berlin.
October 1975 - May 1977

Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Geology Department of Faculty of Science in Aegean University, Izmir by a post-graduate scholarship of TÜBITAK, Ankara. Subject of thesis: Geological investigations in the antimony deposit of Emirli and its environs in the continental rift zone of Kücük Menderes, western Anatolia, Turkey. Research advisor: Prof. Dr. K. Erol Izdar, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Izmir.
October 1971 - July 1975

Studies of Geology in the Aegean University in Izmir, Turkey with grading „Bachelor Science" (B. Sc.). 
October 1970 - May 1971 

Preparation for state entrance examination for study in the Aegean University, Izmir.
October 1967 - July 1970 Attendance of Atatürk High School in Izmir. Final examination in field of natural sciences with grading "good".   
October 1964 - September 1967

Attendance of Middle School in Kiraz, Izmir.
October 1958 - June 1964

Attendance of Ground School in Yeniköy, Kiraz.

Personal Record
July 1981 - October 1981

Military service in Erzincan, Turkey.
September 1st, 1953

Born in Yeniköy, Kiraz as first child of the housewife Fatma Özgür and the farmer Mustafa Özgür.

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