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:

• Bilgiç, E. and Gündüz, O. (2022). “Radiological modeling of the impacts of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident on Turkey and southwest Asia.” Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol: 13, No: 2,101308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101308
• Khorrami, B. Arık, F. and Gunduz, O. (2021). “Land deformation and sinkhole occurrence in response to the fluctuations of groundwater storage: An integrated assessment of GRACE gravity measurements, ICESat/ICESat-2 altimetry data, and hydrologic models” GISscience & Remote Sensing, Vol:58, No:8, 1518-1542. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.2000349
• Khorrami, B., & Gunduz, O. (2021). An Enhanced Water Storage Deficit Index (EWSDI) for drought detection using GRACE gravity estimates. Journal of Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126812
• Bilgiç, E., & Gündüz, O. (2021). Analysis of the impact of various vertical release patterns on the atmospheric dispersion and total deposition of 137Cs from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-24.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15211-8
• Gündüz, O., Şimşek, C. Assessment of river alteration using a new hydromorphological index. Environ Monit Assess 193, 226 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09018-w