TUBA BUCAK ONAY ODTÜ Biyolojik Bilimler Lab 204 Çankaya [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS Freshwater ecology, aquatic ecosystem dynamics, catchment scale modeling, ecological lake modeling, climate change, land use EDUCATION PhD candidate, Biology, GPA=3.71 2011Middle East Technical University Minor: Limnology Relevant Coursework: Special Topics in Evolutionary Biology: Adaptation and speciation, GIS for Earth Sciences, Modelling in Statistical Hydrology, Statistical Data Analysis, Biometry, Introduction to Scientific Computing, Remote Sensing Thesis title: Predicting the impacts of climate change and land use on Lake Beyşehir catchment using catchment-scale and ecological lake models. MSc, Biology, GPA=3.85 2008-2011 Middle East Technical University Minor: Limnology Relevant Coursework: Relevant Coursework: Freshwater Ecology, Applied Ecology, Ecology of Shallow Lakes, Advanced Ecology, Biostatistics, Mathematical Modelling, Eutrophication and Restoration of Lake Ecosystem Thesis title: Determining the roles of water level and fish predation on submerged plant growth in shallow lakes using mesocosm experiment BSc, Molecular Biology and Genetics, GPA=3.64 2005-2008 İstanbul Technical University Minor: Limnology Relevant Coursework: Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Recombinant DNA Technology, Enzymology, Microbiology, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Modelling in Biological Systems, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, C Programming Language. EXPERIENCE Project assistant 2014- EU project: Managing Aquatic Ecosystem and Water Resources under Multiple Stress (MARS) Modeling of Lake Beyşehir with special attention on effects of multiple stress on ecosystem services Project assistant 2010-2014 EU-FP7-ENV-2009-1: Adaptive Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems (REFRESH) Monthly monitoring of Lake Beyşehir and its inflows Yearly macrophyte fish surveys for Lake Beyşehir Water chemistry analysis Zooplankton identification Application of catchment-scale and ecological lake models on Lake Beyşehir for climate change & land use scenarios Research Scholar Summer 2012 Aarhus University, Bioscience Department, Silkeborg, Denmark Gain experience for catchment-scale (SWAT) and ecological lake models (CAEDYMDYRESM & PCLake) and setup models for Lake Beyşehir Project assistant 2011-2014 TUBITAK 105Y125-Determination of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies by Determining the Role and Factors Affecting the Development of Submerged Macrophytes in the Past, Present and Future Warmer Conditions in Shallow Lakes in the Mediterranean Climatic Region Participating field studies & laboratory analysis LANGUAGE & COMPUTER SKILLS English: TOEFL IBT:99 R, Python LABORATORY SKILLS DNA and protein isolation, DNA amplification, cDNA synthesis, cloning, DGGE, FISH, Northern &Western blotting, ELISA methods, culturing techniques, silver staining, water chemistry analysis, zooplankton identification HONOUR& AWARDS ULAKBIM TÜBİTAK Publication Award 2012 TÜBİTAK Scholarship for PhD Eduacation (2011-2015, 67000 $) TÜBİTAK Scholarship for MSc Education (2008-2010, 18500 $) Ranked 2nd among graduates of Istanbul Technical University, Molecular Biology and Genetics Istanbul Technical University High Honour List (2008) (2006-2008) TRAININGS ATTENDED SWAT (Basic), Soil and Water Assessment Tool, International Course by Prof. Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, Sarigerme, Turkey, 24-26 May 2010 SWAT (Advanced), Soil and Water Assessment Tool, International Course by Karim C. Abbaspour, Toledo, Spain, 13-14 June 2011 PUBLICATIONS Journal articles Jeppesen, Erik, Sandra Brucet, Luigi Naselli-Flores, Eva Papastergiadou, Kostas Stefanidis, Tiina Noges, Peeter Noges, Jan Coppens, Tuba Bucak, Meryem Beklioğlu et al. "Ecological impacts of global warming and water abstraction on lakes and reservoirs due to changes in water level and related changes in salinity." Hydrobiologia 750, no. 1 (2015): 201-227. Ülkü Nihan Tavşanoğlu, Sandra Brucet, Eti E. Levi, Tuba Bucak, Gizem Bezirci, Arda Özen, Liselotte S. Johansson, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. Size-based diel migration of zooplankton in Mediterranean shallow lakes assessed from in situ experiments with artificial plants. Hydrobiologia (2015), doi: 10.1007/s10750-015-2192-6. Ayşe İdil Çakıroğlu, Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu, Eti E. Levi, Thomas A. Davidson, Tuba Bucak, Arda Özen, Gürçay K. Akyıldız, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. Relatedness Between Contemporary Cladocera and Surface Sedıment Sub-Fossil Cladocera Assemblages in Turkısh Lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology (2014), 52:367–383. Arda Özen, Tuba Bucak, Ülkü Nihan Tavşanoğlu, Ayşe İdil Çakıroğlu, Eti Ester Levi, Jan Coppens, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. Water level and fish-mediated cascading effects on the microbial community in eutrophic warm shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment. Hydrobiologia (2014), 740:25-35. Eti E. Levi, A. İdil Çakıroğlu, Tuba Bucak, Bent V. Odgaard, Thomas A. Davidson, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu (2014). Similarity between contemporary vegetation and plant remains in the surface sediment in Mediterranean lakes. Freshwater Biology (2014), 59:724736. Tuba Bucak, Ece Saraoğlu, Eti Ester Levi, Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu, A. İdil Çakıroğlu, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. The role of water level for macrophyte growth and trophic interactions in eutrophic Mediterranean shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment with and without fish. Freshwater Biology (2012), 57:1631–1642. International conferences Erik Jeppesen, Tuba Bucak, Jan Coopens, İ. Çakıroğlu, N. Tavşanoğlu, Gizem Bezirci, Şeyda Erdoğan, Nur Filiz, Rosemberg Menezes, Sandra Brucet, L. Naselli-Flores, Eva Papastergiadou, Kostas Stefanidis, T. Nõges, P. Nõges, J. L. Attayde, Martin Kernan, M. Søndergaard, M. Beklioğlu. Ecological Impacts of Drought on Lakes Induced Through Water Abstraction And Climate Change. ASLO 2015, 22-27 2015 February, Granada-Spain. Jan Coppens, Tuba Bucak, Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu, Dennis Trolle, Meryem Beklioğlu. Impact of climate change on the hydrological and nutrient balance of a shallow Mediterranean lake using catchment and lake modelling approaches. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Spain, 2015. Abstract no: 26724 Jan Coppens, Şeyda Erdoğan, Tuba Bucak, Arda Özen, Erik Jeppesen, Meryem Beklioğlu. Impacts of wet and drought periods on the long-term seasonal phosphorus and nitrogen budget of two shallow Mediterranean lakes. 8th Shallow Lakes Conference, Turkey, 2014. Abstract book, p. 78. Tuba Bucak, Dennis Trolle, Hans Estrup Andersen, Hans Thodsen, Alex Elliott, Şeyda Erdoğan, Ayşe İdil Çakiroğlu & Meryem Beklioğlu. Modelling the Future Trophic State Of Lake Beyşehir Considering Climate and Land Use Changes8th Shallow Lakes Conference: Shallow Lakes in a Fast Changing World, 12-17 October 2014, Antalya-Turkey. Abstract book, p. 79. Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu, Eti E. Levi, Gizem Bezirci, A. İdil Çakıroğlu, Tuba Bucak, Arda Özen, Nur Filiz, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. Factors that Control Zooplankton Community Structure and Diversity in Turkish Shallow Lakes. 8th Shallow Lakes Conference: Shallow Lakes in a Fast Changing World, 12-17 October 2014, Antalya-Turkey. Abstract book, p. 147 Meryem Beklioğlu, Nihan Tavşanoğlu, A. İdil Çakıroğlu, Eti Levi, Arda Özen, Tuba Bucak, Korhan Özkan, Gizem Bezirci, Didem Oğuzkurt, Sandra Brucet Balaman & Erik Jeppesen. Influence Climate and Nutrients for Ecology of Shallow Lakes in Turkey. QuickLakeH 2014, 15-16 September 2014, Ankara-Turkey. Abstract book, p.16 · Tuba Bucak, Dennis Trolle, Hans E. Andersen, Hans Thodsen, J. Alex Elliott, Seyda Erdoğan, Ayşe İdil Çakıroğlu, Meryem Beklioğlu. Predicting effects of climate change and land use on Lake Beyşehir and its catchment. MedCLIVAR 2014 Conference, 23-25 June 2014, Ankara, Turkey · Meryem Beklioğlu, A.İ. Çakıroğlu, Ü.N.Tavşanoğlu, E.E.Levi, A.Özen, D. Oğuzkurt, G. Bezirci, T. Bucak, K. Özkan, S. Brucet and E. Jeppesen.2013. Influence of climate abd nutrients on ecology of Mediterranean shallow lakess of Turkey: Space for time substitue Approach. SIL XXXII Congress, 4-9 August 2013, Budapest, Hungary Ü. Nihan Tavşanoğlu, A. İdil Çakıroğlu, Eti E. Levi, Arda Özen, Korhan Özkan, Didem Oğuzkurt, Tuba Bucak, Gizem Bezirci, Erik Jeppesen & Meryem Beklioğlu. Non-native Fish Species in 30 Shallow Lakes Located from North to South of Turkey. New approaches for assessing the impacts of non-native freshwater fishes in the Mediterranean region. 26-29 October 2010, Muğla. Meryem Beklioglu, Nihan Tavşanoglu, İdil Çakıroglu, Arda Özen, Eti Levi, Korhan Ozkan, Didem Oguzkurt, Mengü Türk, Tuba Bucak, Erik Jeppesen. Role of nutrients and climate on functioning of the Turkish shallow lakes. SEFS6, Symposium of European Freshwater Sciences 6, 17-21 August, 2009, Sinaia, Romenia. REVIEWING EXPERIENCE Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Hydrobiologia Global Change Biology Hydrological Sciences Journal Inland Waters