Achievements & Reputation

Publication

82

Publication (WoS)

67

Publication (Scopus)

65

Citation (WoS)

2151

H-Index (WoS)

30

Citation (Scopus)

2516

H-Index (Scopus)

31

Citation (Scholar)

5354

H-Index (Scholar)

38

Project

6

Intellectual Property

2

Thesis Advisory

11

Open Access

12
Congress and Symposium Activities 52
  • 28 June 2026 - 01 July 2026 6th SEE Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Burgas, Bulgaria

  • 05 May 2026 - 06 May 2026 13th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF)Sustainable Development

    Panelists

    Baku, Azerbaijan

  • 05 May 2026 - 06 May 2026 5th Istanbul International Water ForumSustainable Development

    Panelists

    İstanbul, Turkey

  • 27 March 2026 - 30 March 2026 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Guangdong, China

  • 12 February 2026 - 12 February 2026 Solar Thermal Technologies for a Sustainable Türkiye: Green Thermal Energy SolutionsSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Ankara, Turkey

  • 09 February 2026 - 10 February 2026 Urban Futures Hub Workshop of the IIASA-Japan Cities ProjectSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Vienna, Austria

  • 18 January 2026 - 21 January 2026 5th Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Cartagena, Colombia

  • 11 November 2025 - 13 November 2025 18th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium Annual MeetingSustainable Development

    Attendee

    Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

  • 28 October 2025 - 28 October 2025 The Challenges of Climate Change and Cities in PeruSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Lima, Peru

  • 21 October 2025 - 21 October 2025 Insights for Knowledge and Action: Cities and Low Carbon Transition Sustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Taipei, Taiwan

  • 09 October 2025 - 09 October 2025 20th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

  • 05 October 2025 - 10 October 2025 20th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

  • 16 September 2025 - 17 September 2025 11th International Conference on Smart Energy SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Kobenhavn, Denmark

  • 25 July 2025 - 26 July 2025 Pan-African Regional Outreach Event in Support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Process in AfricaSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Mombasa, Kenya

  • 27 May 2025 - 31 May 2025 1st African Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Oriental, Morocco

  • 02 March 2025 - 02 March 2025 IPCC Outreach Event: Climate Science, Insights and Future Directions - Outcomes of the IPCC 62nd PlenarySustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Zhejiang, China

  • 14 December 2024 - 14 December 2024 IPCC Symposium in Kuala Lumpur: Bridging Climate Science and Policy to Accelerate ActionSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 09 December 2024 - 13 December 2024 Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)Sustainable Development

    Moderator

    Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 27 November 2024 - 29 November 2024 ÜSİMP National Congress University-Industry Collaboration in the Green TransitionSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Ankara, Turkey

  • 11 November 2024 - 22 November 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference Baku COP29Sustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Baku, Azerbaijan

  • 07 November 2024 - 08 November 2024 ANISF International Science ForumSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Antalya, Turkey

  • 04 November 2024 - 06 November 2024 Seventeenth Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium Annual MeetingSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Seoul, South Korea

  • 08 October 2024 - 12 October 2024 2024 Annual EDITS Meeting: High with Low Scenarios towards AR7Sustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Vienna, Austria

  • 10 September 2024 - 12 September 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C24)Sustainable Development

    Panelists

    Montreal, Canada

  • 08 September 2024 - 12 September 2024 19th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Rome, Italy

  • 30 July 2024 - 30 July 2024 Climate Policies as an Opportunity for Urban DevelopmentSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Sofija, Bulgaria

  • 10 June 2024 - 14 June 2024 Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) CongressSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Helsinki, Finland

  • 16 April 2024 - 19 April 2024 Scoping Meeting for IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and CitiesSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Riga, Latvia

  • 02 April 2024 - 05 April 2024 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Gold-Coast, Australia

  • 04 March 2024 - 04 March 2024 IPCC Symposium on the Seventh Assessment Cycle (AR7)Sustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Tokyo, Japan

  • 27 February 2024 - 28 February 2024 IIASA-Japan Workshop on Cities Transformation and International SymposiumSustainable Development

    Attendee

    Tokyo, Japan

  • 29 January 2024 - 30 January 2024 7th International Conference on Climate ChangeSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Tehran, Iran

  • 14 January 2024 - 17 January 2024 4th Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Vina-Del-Mar, Chile

  • 27 October 2023 - 27 October 2023 Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research +25 Years AnniversarySustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Lisbon, Portugal

  • 27 October 2023 - 27 October 2023 Instituto Superior Técnico Department of Mechanical Engineering Invited LectureSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Lisbon, Portugal

  • 05 October 2023 - 05 October 2023 Opportunities of the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission for Turkish Local AuthoritiesSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    İstanbul, Turkey

  • 24 September 2023 - 28 September 2023 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

  • 24 September 2023 - 28 September 2023 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

  • 10 July 2023 - 13 July 2023 15th International Green Energy ConferenceSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Glasgow, England

  • 03 July 2023 - 05 July 2023 Lorentz Center Scientific Workshop on SDGs: How Do We Meet Them?Sustainable Development

    Attendee

    Leiden, Netherlands

  • 28 April 2023 - 28 April 2023 Climate Change: Resilience, Transformation and EquitySustainable Development

    Attendee

    Bangkok, Thailand

  • 25 April 2023 - 27 April 2023 IPCC Workshop on the Use of Scenarios in the Sixth Assessment Report and Subsequent AssessmentsSustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Bangkok, Thailand

  • 25 April 2023 - 27 April 2023 IPCC Workshop on the Use of Scenarios in the Sixth Assessment Report and Subsequent AssessmentsSustainable Development

    Attendee

    Bangkok, Thailand

  • 24 May 2022 - 24 May 2022 Conferences on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (2012-2022)Sustainable Development

    Session Moderator

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

  • 22 May 2022 - 26 May 2022 5th SEE Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Invited Speaker

    Vlore, Albania

  • 03 October 2020 - 06 October 2020 STS Forum Dialogue between Young Leaders and Nobel LaureatesSustainable Development

    Attendee

    Kyoto, Japan

  • 03 September 2020 - 03 September 2020 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment SystemsSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Cologne, Germany

  • 09 November 2019 - 12 November 2019 Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO) First Young Scientists ForumSustainable Development

    Panelists

    Hangzhou, China

  • 05 March 2018 - 07 March 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Cities and Climate Change Science ConferenceSustainable Development

    Attendee

    Edmonton, Canada

  • 10 May 2010 - 14 May 2010 10th European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning REHVA World Congress CLIMA 2010 (Presenter)Sustainable Development

    Attendee

    Antalya, Turkey

  • 12 May 2008 - 16 May 2008 10th International Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference (Presenter)Sustainable Development

    Attendee

    Zürich, Switzerland

  • 24 June 2006 - 29 June 2006 ASHRAE Annual Meeting and 80 Other International Presentations (2006 - 2022)Sustainable Development

    Attendee

    Quebec, Canada

Awards 12
Scholarships 2
  • 2003 - 2007 Toyota Community Scholars Program

    Other International Organizations

  • 2003 - 2007 Undergarduate Scholarship

    University

Invited Talks 56
  • June 2026 IPCC Side Event: Three Years into the 7th Cycle – Progress & Cross-Cutting Topics of Expert Meetings & Workshops

    Seminar

    Bonn Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC SB64), Germany

  • June 2026 Urban Mitigation Pathways for Decarbonising Infrastructure for Sustainability with a Focus on Cities in Southern and Eastern Europe

    Conference

    6th SEE Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Bulgaria

  • May 2026 Early Warning and Climate-Resilient Cities: Connecting Climate Science with Urban Planning

    Conference

    UN-Habitat / Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

  • May 2026 High-Level Panel on Water Resilience for Climate Adaptation: From Innovation to Global Action (COP31 Pathway)

    Conference

    5th Istanbul International Water Forum, Turkey

  • April 2026 COP31: Climate Envoys Education Camp (Keynote Speaker)

    Workshop

    Addressing Climate Change: Key Findings, Developments and the Future, Turkey

  • March 2026 Avoiding Increments of Global Warming Through Integrated Mitigation Action in Urban Areas with Co-Benefits (Invited Plenary Lecture)

    Conference

    3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, China

  • February 2026 Urban Mitigation Pathways: Perspectives from AR6 and Emerging Opportunities

    Workshop

    Urban Futures Hub Workshop of the IIASA-Japan Cities Project, Austria

  • January 2026 Expanding the Boundaries of Health-Related Indicators to Inform Climate Action

    Workshop

    IPCC-Wellcome Trust Expert Meeting on Climate Change and Health, England

  • January 2026 Health Related Cross-Working Group Collaborations in Scenarios

    Workshop

    IPCC-Wellcome Trust Expert Meeting on Climate Change and Health, England

  • October 2025 Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems to Avoid Increments of Global Warming

    Conference

    20th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Croatia

  • September 2025 Smart Energy Systems Targeted Mitigation in Urban Areas for Avoiding Increments of Global Warming

    Conference

    11th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems, Denmark

  • July 2025 Outlines for the AR7 Cycle Products: Approach and Aspiration of the IPCC Bureau

    Seminar

    Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya

  • July 2025 Key Africa Related Findings and Communicating IPCC Reports

    Seminar

    Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya

  • May 2025 Connections of Scientific Integrity, Sustainability, and the Mitigation of Climate Change (Invited Panelist)

    Conference

    The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Morocco

  • April 2025 IPCC AR7 Outreach Event: Agreed Outlines of Working Groups

    Seminar

    Directorate of Climate Change, Turkey

  • April 2025 Regional Webinar on the IPCC Climate Assessment Process

    Seminar

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

  • March 2025 IPCC Outreach Event: Climate Science, Insights and Future Directions - Outcomes of the IPCC 62nd Plenary

    Seminar

    China Meteorological Administration: Zhejiang Meteorological Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre, China

  • March 2025 International Workshop on World Water Day: Combating Climate Change

    Workshop

    ICLEI/Muğla Municipality/Union of Municipalities of the Aegean Coast - , Turkey

  • February 2025 Urban Futures Hub Series: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

    Seminar

    Urban Futures Hub Series: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, Austria

  • December 2024 IPCC Special Report on Cities - Bridging Science and Policy for Accelerated Actions

    Conference

    Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES), Malaysia

  • November 2024 Cities in the Spotlight: Status of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

    Seminar

    UN Climate Change Conference Baku COP29: Science for Climate Action Pavilion, Azerbaijan

  • November 2024 The Importance of the Green Transition and National Approaches

    Conference

    Middle East Technical University, Turkey

  • November 2024 World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action

    Seminar

    UN Climate Change Conference Baku COP29: Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion, Azerbaijan

  • November 2024 Climate Change, Environmental Crisis and Migration Nexus in Urban Areas

    Conference

    Akdeniz University, Turkey

  • November 2024 Mitigation of Climate Change in the Critical Decade of Action for a Sustainable Future

    Seminar

    UNFCCC COP29 Sustainable Future Platform, Azerbaijan

  • November 2024 Reimagining Urban and Global Futures: In Search for Feasible and Just Transformation Pathways

    Seminar

    UN Climate Change Conference Baku Spain Pavilion, Azerbaijan

  • November 2024 Plenary Session - Climate Change and Cities in Asia

    Conference

    17th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium Annual Meeting, South Korea

  • November 2024 The Sustainable Transition is Urban: How Cities are Making Net-Zero, Resilient, People-Centred Future Happen

    Seminar

    UN Climate Change Conference Baku COP29: UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub Pavilion, Azerbaijan

  • October 2024 Planning for a Sustainable Future: Cities Designing Urban Transitions

    Conference

    Urban Transition Mission Global Innovation Summit 2024 , Belgium

  • October 2024 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and Türkiye

    Workshop

    Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and Türkiye, Turkey

  • October 2024 Demand-Side Evidence-Base in IPCC AR6 Towards AR7

    Conference

    2024 Annual EDITS Meeting: High with Low Scenarios towards AR7, Austria

  • September 2024 Toward the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

    Workshop

    Toward the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report Networking Session, Japan

  • September 2024 Prioritizing Knowledge and Action: The Next-Generation Global Research and Action Agenda

    Conference

    Innovate4Cities Conference (I4C24), Canada

  • July 2024 Scientific Findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for Cities Towards AR7

    Conference

    Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria (MOEW), Bulgaria

  • June 2024 Safe and Just Boundaries: Challenges from Science to Implementation for Cities

    Seminar

    Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress Aalto University, Finland

  • June 2024 Novel Collaborations on the Road to Innovate4Cities 2024

    Seminar

    University of Helsinki, Finland

  • May 2024 Inspiring Conversations | 2023 Year TÜBİTAK Encouragement Award

    Seminar

    2023 TÜBİTAK Science, Service and Encouragement Awards: Inspiring Conversations, Turkey

  • May 2024 Climate Ambassadors Project Seminar

    Seminar

    Climate Change Science's North Star: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Turkey

  • May 2024 IPCC Findings for Climate Change and Sustainable Development

    Seminar

    Ege University, Turkey

  • April 2024 Bridging Urban Climate Action with Science: Insights and Innovate4Cities

    Workshop

    UN-Habitat and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, Australia

  • March 2024 Key Findings on Urban Systems for Addressing Climate Change and Ways Forward

    Conference

    Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan and Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan

  • December 2023 The Road Ahead for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities in AR7

    Seminar

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) / UNFCCC COP28, United Arab Emirates

  • October 2023 Accelerating Urban Sustainability for Climate Mitigation: Technologies, Systems and Policies

    Seminar

    University of Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • October 2023 Mitigation in the Critical Decade of Climate Action and Urban Systems

    Seminar

    University of Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

  • September 2023 Emerging Advances and Possible Opportunities for the Seventh Assessment Cycle

    Conference

    SDEWES Centre / Zagreb University, Croatia

  • May 2023 Urgency of Tackling Climate Change with Integrated Solutions and System Transitions

    Seminar

    Sabancı Üniversitesi, Turkey

  • November 2022 Transforming Education and Higher Education Institutions for a Climate-Neutral Future (Invited Speaker)

    Conference

    International USR Summit: Education and Action for a Sustainable Future, China

  • November 2022 UNFCCC COP27 Technical Dialogue Transforming Urban Systems (Invited IPCC Lead Author)

    Conference

    UNFCCC COP27 Technical Dialogues of the First Global Stocktake, Egypt

  • October 2022 Findings from the IPCC and the Role of Urban Areas in Energy Storage and Saving (Keynote Speaker)

    Conference

    1st International Conference on Energy Storage and Saving (ICENSS) , China

  • September 2022 Effective Mitigation of Climate Change: Modelling Advances and Priorities for AR7 (Invited Lecture)

    Conference

    Low-Carbon Society: Enhanced Modelling for the Transition to Sustainability, Croatia

  • September 2022 Cities as Solutions to Climate Change: Perspectives from IPCC Authors (Invited Speaker)

    Conference

    9th Annual Hixon Center Urban Conference at Yale University, United States Of America

  • June 2022 Urban Emissions Scenarios: Advances and Ways Forward in the SSP-RCP Framework

    Conference

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Scenarios Forum, Austria

  • June 2022 Sustainable Cities: Navigating the Urban Nexus (Plenary Speaker)

    Conference

    Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress 2022 (SRI2022) , South Africa

  • May 2022 Mitigation of Climate Change with System Transformations and Integrated Approaches (Opening Ceremony Presentation)

    Conference

    The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, University of Tirana and University of Vlora Ismail Qemali, Albania

  • October 2021 Enabling Pathways towards Sustainable Urban System Scenarios for Effective Climate Mitigation (Invited Plenary Lecture)

    Conference

    The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Croatia

  • October 2017 Benchmarking the Sustainability of Urban Energy, Water and Environment Systems with the SDEWES City Index and Envisioning Scenarios for the Future (Invited Plenary Speaker)

    Conference

    The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Croatia