Melike Kiraz Safari
Large-sample hydrology
Hydrologic similarity and classification
Modelling of hydrologic systems
Diagnostic model evaluation
Sustainable water resource management
Ph.D – Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UK, 2023
M.S. – Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, TR, 2018
B.S. – Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, TR, 2016
Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, TR, 2024 – Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, UK, 2019 – 2022
Research Assistant, Environmental Engineering, Middle East Technical University, TR, 2013 – 2018
1. Research Assistant, Preparation of Sludge Management Plan and Action Plan in Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, 2016- 2019, Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dilek Sanin
2. Research Assistant, A Green Campus Application: Sustainable Stormwater Management in METU Campus, METU Research Fund (Project No: BAP - 08 -11 - KB2014K120600-2), 2014-2016, 47,000 TL, Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp
3. Research Assistant, Evaluation of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution and its Control Alternatives with SWAT model in Lake Mogan Watershed, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project No: 111Y284), 2012-2014, $78,000, Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp
4. Research Assistant, Water Quality Evaluation and Determination of Pollution Load Discharging into Lake Mogan, METU Research Fund (Project No: BAP-08-11-2013-008), 2013-2014, 20,000 TL, Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp
1. Kiraz, M., Coxon, G., & Wagener, T. (2023). A Signature‐Based Hydrologic Efficiency Metric for Model Calibration and Evaluation in Gauged and Ungauged Catchments. Water Resources Research, 59(11), e2023WR035321, DOI: 10.1029/2023WR035321
2. Kiraz, M., Coxon, G., & Wagener, T. (2023). A priori selection of hydrological model structures in modular modelling frameworks: application to Great Britain. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 68(14), 2042-2056, DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2023.2251968
3. Alp, E., Erdoğan, E. K. and Kiraz, M. (2022). The NEXUS graduate. In Zamel, D., Constantianos, V., Gawlik, B., Laspidou, C., Abadi, A., Easton, P., Berman, R., Kazezyilmaz- Alhan, C., Głowacka, N., Elelman, R., (Eds.), The gateway to the future of the Mediterranean – Water, energy, food and the environment. (pp. 138-139). Publications Office of the European Union. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/38718
