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Professor of Structural Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
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Author/co-author of 90+ journal papers (SCI or SCIE) and 225+ international conference papers
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Supervised/co-supervised 20 completed Phd theses and 71 MSc theses
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Ranked among top 2% researchers worldwide in civil engineering based on citation score in
​ 2020, 2023 (Stanford University and Elsevier)
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Ranked as the top researcher at ITU Civil Engineering Department based on the academic
activities conducted between (2016-2021) and (2017-2022) with the score of 100% (by ITU Administration)
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Ranked as the top researcher at ITU Civil Engineering Department based on the high-quality
journal papers published in 2021and 2022 (by ITU Administration)
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Member of Board of Directors for Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, DASK (2017-)
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President/Member of Board of Directors for Turkish Earthquake Foundation TDV (2021/2018-2021)
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AFAD Disaster and Emergency Advisory Board Member (2020-)
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Turkish Seismic Design Code Revision Committee Member (2004-2007, 2012-2018, 2019-)
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Vice-director of Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (1994-2007)
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Co-director of Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (2007-2015)
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Member of IIFC Executive Committee Member (2018-)
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Head of Turkish National Delegation to fib
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Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (SCI) (2019-)
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International Editorial Board Member for ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction (SCI) (2018-)
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Associate Editor of Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (SCI)
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Editorial Board Member of Bulletin of the NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering (2013-2023)
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Editorial Board Member of Current Chinese Science - Structural Engineering
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Editor of Turkish Journal of Civil Engineering – TMMOB (SCI)
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Associate Editor of Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (2013-2018)
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Regional Editor of International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering
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Guest Editor of Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (SCI)
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Guest Editor of Journal of Earthquake Engineering (SCI)
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Guest Editor of Polymers Journal (SCI)
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Recipient of ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019
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Advisory Board Member of Ozyegin University and Yeditepe University Civil Engineering Departments