UPPER ATMOSPHERE &
SPACE WEATHER LABORATORY
Research & Group Members
ITU UASWLab conducts research via two main branches:
Space Weather Instrumentation and Forecast Lab (SWIFT) and
Space Weather Operations, Research and Data Processing Center (SWORDpro).
Labs are open during the week from 9am to 5pm.
THE BUSY BEES - PAST AND PRESENT
E. C. KalafatoÄŸlu Eyigüler
PhD
Geomagnetic Activity, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere coupling, SID, Forecast, Web admin.
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Ä°klim Gençtürk Akay
PhD
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Magnetosphere at Lunar Distances, Tail Magnetopause
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Ezgi Gülay
MSc student
Geomagnetic field, Geomagnetic disturbances, SID, Forecast
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Previous Members
*WIL: While in the Lab.
Altansuvd Bold
MSc student
WIL: Particle tracing, MHD, Energetic particles
Currently: Working in another field in Ukraine
AyÅŸegül Ceren Moral
PhD candidate
WIL: Ionosphere-Gravity Waves, Ionosonde Operations, Dayside Magnetopause, Plasma Depletion Layer
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Currently: PhD candidate at the Nagoya University
Bute Naz ErbaÅŸ
MSc student
WIL: SW forecast, Ionosonde operations, TEC
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Currently: Aerospace Industry
DoÄŸa Can Su Öztürk
MSc student
WIL: The Sun-CMEs, Coronal heating, Magnetic reconnection around heliosphere
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Currently: Obtained PhD from the University of Michigan, USA.
Filiz Türk KatırcıoÄŸlu
PhD, Researcher, Lecturer
Dayside Magnetopause, Magnetosheath, Bow Shock, Energetic Particles
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Funda ErsavaÅŸ
Undergraduate
WIL: Plasma Depletion Layer, Dayside Magnetopause
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Currently: Working in aerospace industries
Furkan Ali Küçük
MSc student
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WIL: Telescope operations
Currently: Aerospace Industry
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Necmi Cihan Örger
PhD student
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WIL: Particle Measurement, CubeSat Instrumentation, Solar Sail, Space Robotics, Lunar Environment
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Currently: Obtained PhD from the Kyushu Institute of Technology
YiÄŸit Çay
MSc student
WIL: Solar Sail, SE Effects on Spacecraft, Polar Cusp, Space Environment Radiation Analysis, CubeSat Instrumentation
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Currently: Pursuing PhD at the Kyushu Institute of Technology