Education

Doctor of Philosophy

2017-2022 Water Science and Policy at the University of Delaware (UDEL) (Newark, DE, USA)

Dissertation: Water Diplomacy in Post-Soviet Geographies: Analyzing Multiple Scales of Cooperative Potential

Committee Members: Saleem Ali (Chair), Gerald Kauffman, Pinki Mondal, Aaron Wolf

Master of Science

2015-2017  Water Resources Policy and Management at Oregon State Univ. (OSU) (Corvallis, OR, USA)

Minor in Water Resources Engineering (15 credits)

Graduate certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation (18 credits) 

Thesis: Investigating Management of Transboundary Basins between Sovereign Countries and Non-Sovereign Entities

Committee Members: Aaron Wolf (Chair), Todd Jarvis, Gregg Walker

Bachelor of Science

2008-2012 Environmental Engineering at Aksaray University (ASU) (Aksaray, Turkiye)

(Accepted students ranked in the top 6% on the National Higher Education Exam)

Thesis: Processing and Maintenance Problems on Drinking Water Treatment Plants

Certificates

July 2016 Resilient Resource Management (Natural Resources Leadership Academy)

June 2016 Water Conflict Management & Transformation (Natural Resources Leadership Academy)

May 2016 Mediator (Neighbor-to-Neighbor, Inc.)

May 2013 Health and Safety Engineer (Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Turkiye)