Education:

• Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, ABD
• M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, ABD & Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
• B.S., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Research Interests:

• Surface and subsurface water quality
• Environmental modeling
• Numerical methods in environmental engineering
• Flow and contaminant transport in surface and subsurface waters
• Dynamic interactions of surface and subsurface systems
• Source/sink terms in environmental modeling
• Environmental impact assessment
• Geographic information systems

Recent Publications:

• Karahan, S. M., & Gündüz, O. (2025). Hydrological insights from SWOT: Comparative analysis of water surface elevation and area time series from Hydrocron API. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 40, 101790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101790 
• Şamiloğlu, B., Baba, A., Marijuan Cuevas, R., & Gündüz, O. (2025). Nature-based solutions in island water management: A case study from Bozcaada (Türkiye). Journal of Environmental Management, 394, 127348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127348
• Baycan, N., Alyürük, N., Kazancı, Y., Alpergün, C., Kara, N., Taşdelen, Ö., Aytan, Ü., & Gündüz, O. (2025). Effects of industrial and domestic wastewater treatment plants on microplastic pollution in an urban river in Türkiye. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 236, 810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08469-y
• Alpergün, C., Baycan, N., Alyürük, N., & Gündüz, O. (2025). An experimental study on microplastic settling velocities in different water environments: Which factors shape the settling process? Marine Pollution Bulletin, 221, 118516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118516
• Kazancı, Y., Alyürük, N., Alpergün, C., Kara, N., Baycan, N., & Gündüz, O. (2025). Analysis of microplastic flux from the Gediz River to the Aegean Sea: A modeling study for environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, 391, 126412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126412