2019 – 2025
University of Lausanne
PhD · Earth Sciences
PRONUSLAB TEAM
Mentor
Uygar Karabeyoğlu
An Earth scientist with a PhD from the University of Lausanne, specializing in planktonic foraminifera and past climates.
EDUCATION
Education
2013 – 2017
Middle East Technical University
MSc · Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Micropaleontology
2007 – 2013
Middle East Technical University
Geological Engineering
EXPERIENCE
Experience
Sep 2019 – Dec 2024
Teaching Assistant
University of Lausanne · Switzerland
Worked on stratigraphy, sedimentology, micropaleontology and multi-proxy analysis.Nov 2017 – Nov 2018
Geological Engineer
Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd · Afyon, Türkiye
Supervised drilling at the Afyon-Dinar Dombayova coalfield.RESEARCH
Research
His doctoral research examined past climate and environmental changes across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in Central Anatolia, combining biostratigraphy, stable isotope geochemistry, and mineralogical evidence.
His work also explored orbital-scale climate cycles and evidence of volcanism and the Chicxulub impact around the mass extinction.
His methods include stable isotopes, Rock-Eval, XRF, XRD and scanning electron microscopy. He also works on computer vision for microfossil classification and machine learning for subsurface interpretation.
He speaks English, French and Turkish fluently.
CERTIFICATES
Certificates
Jun 2026
Petrel Fundamentals
NExT SLB
Mar 2021
MATLAB Recipes for Earth Sciences
Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteering
May 2017 – Oct 2017
Volunteer reader
National Library of Türkiye
Read storybooks for people with visual impairments.