Education

Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
Geophysical Engineering Department, Ph.D., 2005 – 2012
Thesis Title:     “Upper Mantle Structure of Turkey and Surrounding Regions”
Adviser:              Prof. Dr. Hayrullah Karabulut

Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute
Geophysical Engineering Department, M.S., 2001 – 2005
Thesis Title:    “The Analysis of 2003 Saros Earthquake Sequence, North Eastern Aegean & A Calibration Study of Surface Wave Magnitude (Ms)”
Adviser:             Prof. Dr. Hayrullah Karabulut

İstanbul University Geophysical Engineering Department, B.S., 1996 – 2000
Project Title:   “17 Ağustos 1999 İzmit Depremi Arçı Şoklarının Ml ve b Katsayısı Hesabı”
 

Work Experience

2004 to Present     Boğaziçi University Kandilli Obs. and E.R.I., Geophysical Engineer

2003 to 2004         Boğaziçi University Kandilli Obs. and E.R.I. IEMC, Geophysical Engineer

2001 to 2003         Boğaziçi University Kandilli Obs. and E.R.I., Research Assistant

1999 to 2000         TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Student Trainee

1997 to 1998         Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) Seismic-1 Camp, Student Trainee

 

Projects

Simav-Kütahya Deprem Aktivitesinin (19 Mayıs 2011) Sismotektonik Özelliklerinin Araştırılması
2012 to Present
as a Director
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Bilimsel Araştırma Projesi (BAP)

Ege-Anadolu Platformunun Sismik Görüntülenmesi (SIMBAAD)
2007 to 2012
as a Researcher
Université Joseph Fourier, Laboratoire de Géophysique Interne et Tectonophysique (Fransa), Boğaziçi
Üniversitesi, Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü (Türkiye)

Sivriada ve Yassıada Sismik Gözlem Sistemi (PIRES)
2008 to 2010
as a Researcher
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Türkiye, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany

Marmara Bölgesi Hız Yapısının Aktif ve Pasif Tomografi ile İncelenmesi
2005 to 2008
as a Researcher
TÜBİTAK Project No: 104Y386
 

Publications

1.   Journal Publications (SCI)

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H, Anisotropic Pn Travel Time Tomography of Turkey and Adjacent Regions, Geophy. J. Int.,Vol 187, Is 3, pp 1743-1758, 2011.

Karabulut H, Schmittbuhl J.,Özalaybey S., Lengliné O., Kömeç Mutlu, A., Durand V., Bouchon M., Daniel M.P., Evolution of the seismicity in the Eastern Marmara Sea a decade before and after the 17 August 1999 Izmit Earthquake, Tectonophysics, Vol 493, Is 3-4, Special Issue: Sp. Iss. SI, pp 244-253, 2011.

Karabulut, H., Roumelioti Z., Benetatos C., Kömeç Mutlu A., Ozalaybey S., Aktar M. and A. Kiratzi, A source study of the 6 July 2003 (Mw 5.7) earthquake sequence in the Gulf of Saros (Northern Aegean Sea): new evidence for the western continuation of the Ganos fault, Tectonophysics, Vol 412, pp 195-216, 2005.

2.   Other Publications (SCI-Expanded)

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H, Anisotropic Pn Tomography of Turkey and Surrounding regions, 1.Turkiye Deprem Muhendisligi ve Sismoloji Konferansi, Ankara 2011, (short paper).

Childs D., Karabulut, H., Kömeç Mutlu A., Aktar M., Earthworm auto-earthquake location performance and recent improvements in seismic data acquisition, processing, archiving and dissemination at Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, NATO-OTAN Book Chapter, October, 2005.

Childs D. and Kömeç A., The Kandilli Observatory Real-Time Automated Seismic Data Processing System, ORFEUS Newsletters, Vol 5, No 1, March 2003.

3.   Abstracts, Presentations and Scientific Reports

Salaun G., Paul A., Pedersen H., Hubans F., Karabulut H., Kömeç Mutlu A. and the Simbaad Team, Seismic structure and anisotropy of the upper mantle beneath the Aegean and Anatolia: images of a very complex subduction system, EGU 2011-7023 (Poster)

Karabulut, H, Kömeç Mutlu A., Anisotropic Pn Tomography of Turkey and Surrounding regions, EGU 2011-10939 (Poster)

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H, Turkiye ve Cevresinin Yon Bagimli Pn Tomografisi, 1.Turkiye Deprem Muhendisligi ve Sismoloji Konferansi, Ankara 2011, (Oral).

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H, Pn travel time tomography of Turkey and surrounding regions, EGU 2010-4207 (Poster)

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H., Paul A., Seismic Anisotropy and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Turkey and Surrounding Regions from Pn and SKS Measurements, 32^nd ESC 2010, France, (Poster).

Paul, A., Hatzfeld, D., Karabulut, H., Hatzidimitriou, P., Childs, D., Nikolova, S., Péquegnat, C., Hubans, F., Schmid, A., Aktar, M., Mutlu, A., Afaçan, T., Ozakin, Y., Samut, D., Papazachos, C., Karagianni, I., Kementztzidou, D., Karagianni, E., Roumelotis, Z., Vamvakaros, D., Scordilis, M., Lyon-Caen, H., The SIMBAAD Experiment in W-Turkey and Greece: A Dense Seismic Network to Study the Crustal and Mantle Structures, IASPEI, Cape Town, January 9-18, 2009.

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H., Pn Travel Time Tomography in Turkey and Surrounding Regions, ESC 31th General Assembly, Crete, Sept.2008. (Oral)

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H., Pn Travel Time Tomography in Turkey and Surrounding Regions, EGU General Assembly 2008, EGU2008-A-07140, April 2008. (Poster)

Paul, A., Hatzfeld, D., Karabulut, H., Hatzidimitriou, P., Childs, D., Nikolova, S., Péquegnat, C., Hubans, F., Schmid, A., Aktar, M., Mutlu, A., Afaçan, T., Ozakin, Y., Samut, D., Papazachos, C., Karagianni, I., Kementztzidou, D., Karagianni, E., Roumelotis, Z., Vamvakaros, D., Scordilis, M., Lyon-Caen, H., The SIMBAAD Experiment in W-Turkey and Greece: A Dense Seismic Network to Study the Crustal and Mantle Structures, AGU Fall meeting, San-Francisco, December 2008.

Kömeç Mutlu A., Karabulut, H., A Calibration study of surface wave magnitude (Ms), Int. Symposium on the geodynamics of Mediterranean Active Tectonics of the Aegean, Kadir Has University, June 2005. (Poster)

Karabulut, H; Kömeç A; Ozalaybey, S; Kiratzi, A; Aktar, M; Roumelioti, R; Tapirdamaz, C; Benetatos, C., The analysis of 2003 Saros earthquake sequence, north eastern Agean region, EGU General Assembly 2004, EGU04-A-05718, April 2004. (Poster)

Mutlu, A., Karabulut, H., Özalaybey, S., Kiratzi, A., Aktar, M., Roumelioti, R., Bernatos, R., Tapırdamaz, C., The 2003 Saros Earthquake Sequence, North East Aegean Region, ESC-AGU Annual General Meeting, Nice, France, 2004 (Poster).

 

Workshops and Trainees Attended

Python / ObsPy Workshop, ETH, 2012, Zurich.

Radar Interferometry (InSAR) Workshop, Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2011, İstanbul.

SEISAN Earthquake Analysis Software Workshop, Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, 2010, İstanbul.

Seafloor Observation Techniques for Marine Geo-hazard Monitoring, ESONET Training Course, August 2009, Istanbul Technical Univ., Istanbul.

Young Seismologist Training Course (YSTC), Sept.2008, Crete, Greece.

Reducing Earthquake Losses in Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR) workshop, May 2008, Istanbul.

IRIS and ORFEUS Workshop, “Understanding and Managing Information from Seismological Networks”, Palmanova 2005, Italy.

ORFEUS WG2 Workshop, “Installing and operation of broad-band seismograph stations”, 2002, Istanbul.

 

Awards

Young Seismologist Training Course (YSTC)  Full Grant, 2008.

 

Area of research and fields of interest

Real-Time Seismic Network Administrator (Data storage, data processing, data monitoring, data archiving, station state of health processing, field support, EARTHWORM system administrator, SAC)

Pn Travel time tomography and Pn anisotropy of Turkey and surroundings (Seismicity, crustal structure, Moho, Tomography, Anisotropy, SEISAN, GMT)

Shear Wave Splitting (SplitLab, MATLAB)

Waveform Inversion, Moment Tensor Inversion (TDMT_INV), Earthquake Source

Double Difference Algorithm (HypoDD)

Coulomb Stress Failure (Coulomb 3)