TUBA BUCAK ONAY ODTÜ Biyolojik Bilimler Lab 204 Çankaya

TUBA BUCAK ONAY
ODTÜ Biyolojik Bilimler Lab 204 Çankaya
tubabucak@gmail.com
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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Hydrobiologia
Global Change Biology
Hydrological Sciences Journal
Inland Waters