Currently, I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Sustainable Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. My research and teaching span geotechnical engineering to transportation engineering.

I hold a BSc in Civil & Structural Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Turkey, and an MSc in Civil Engineering: Highways and Transportation from the University of Nottingham. I completed my PhD at Heriot-Watt University, focusing on experimental and numerical analysis of high-speed railway infrastructure.

Following my PhD, I undertook two postdoctoral research projects on railway engineering at the University of Leeds and Heriot-Watt University.

My research combines experimental and numerical approaches to advance railway infrastructure and soil. Experimentally, I focus on full-scale analysis and material testing for both ballasted and slab tracks, assessing their short- and long-term performance under static and cyclic loads. This work extends to in-situ and full-scale laboratory testing of various structures and geotechnics.

Numerically, I specialize in dynamic finite element analysis, addressing challenges such as soil-structure interaction, traffic-induced ground vibrations, and mitigation strategies. My research also explores the dynamic effects of high-speed trains on soft soils.

Main Research interests:

• Novel tools for Soil Parameter Investigation for High-Speed Railway Infrastructure
• Digital Twin of Railway Tracks
• Advanced Track Materials and Maintenance Technologies
• Sustainable Railway Construction Materials and Decarbonization of Rail Transport
• Sustainable Urban Mobility: Modelling Active Transport
• Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning
• Sustainable Ground Improvement Techniques
• Resilient Infrastructure Design Using Smart Materials
• Geotechnical Applications of Machine Learning
• Sustainable Retaining Wall Design
• Finite Element modelling: Soil-structure interaction, traffic-induced ground vibrations, high-speed trains on soft soils, and mitigation strategies