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Curriculuum Vitae

Personal:
Date of Birth : 14 June 1966
Marital Status : Married with daughter
Nationality : Turkish
Languages : Turkish (native), English (excellent)
ResearcherID : D-1324-2010
Education:
1999 Ph.D Astronomy, University of Sussex, UK
An observational study of Algol-type Binaries
1993 M.Sc. Physics, ODTÜ, Turkey
Measurement and test of METU Observatory site
1989 B.Sc. Physics, ODTÜ, Turkey
Fellowships:
1994-1998 Ph.D Scholarship the Higher Education of Council of Turkey
Teaching:
Jul.2002 - Asist.Prof., Physics Department, ODTÜ
Mar.2000 - Jun.2002 Instructor, Physics Department, ODTÜ
Sep.1989 - Dec.1993 Research Assistant, Physics Department, ODTÜ
Courses: (Please see the section courses thought)
Memberships: Turkish Astronomical Society (1988-Date)
Duties: TÜBİTAK National Observatory - Member of Technical Committee (2001-Date)
Member of ODTÜ Arts&Science Faculty Board (2007-2009)
Member of ODTÜ BEK - Computer&Informatics Commission (2009-Date)

Academic Skills

Observational Astronomy Experienced on every level of observation: preparation, data acquisition and data reduction.
An experienced user of IRAF and STARLINK data reduction packages.
Programming Languages BASIC, Fortran, Pascal, C
Interpreters on Computer LaTeX (tex, sty, cls, bst), Shells (sh,csh), awk, sed, perl, expect, html, php
System Administration 1999 to date: system administration of Physics Department.
In 1994-1998 constructed and managed a software pool for the STARLINK node of
Astronomy centre of Sussex University.

Projects

Starting Year Title / Investigators Status Budget
2010/04
(+3 yr)
109T736		 Galaksideki pulsarlar ve yıldız oluşum bölgelerinin (SFR) dağılımını güncelleyerek SFR'lerin Galaksi Düzlemine göre asimetrisinin ilk kez belirlenmesi
(S.K.Yerli; A.Ankay; C.Yeşilyaprak) 		Running 185 kTL
2008/11
(+3 yr)
108T475		 TÜBİTAK Ulusal Gözlemevi Verileri Kullanılarak Uzun ve Kısa Dönemli Farklı Türden Değişen Yıldızların Belirlenmesi ve Fotometrik İncelemeleri
(C.Yeşilyaprak; Ü.Kızıloğlu; S.K.Yerli) 		Running 195 kTL
2006/07
(+3 yr)
106T040		 Bileşenlerinden biri sıkı cisim olan sistemlerdeki disk yapılarının incelenmesi
(Ü.Kızıloğlu; N.Kızıloğlu; A.Baykal; Ş.Balman; S.K.Yerli; S.Çağdaş İnam) 		Completed 250 kTL

Meetings

International
  • IAU School for Young Astronomers - 2008, 1-20 July 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
    (as an invited lecturer on "Data Reduction with IRAF")
  • NATO-ASI The EM Spectrum of Neutron Stars, 7-18 June 2005, Marmaris, Turkey
    (as a member of LOC and as one of the editors of proccedings)
  • The Fourth WET (Whole Earth Telescope) Workshop, 21-25 July 1997, Koninki, Poland
  • NATO-ASI Evolutionary Processes in Binary Stars, 10-21 July 1995, Cambridge, UK
  • NATO-ASI Lives of Neutron Stars, 29/8-11/9 1993, Kemer-Antalya
  • NATO-ASI Active Close Binaries, 11-22 September 1989, Kusadasi-Izmir
National
  • 15. National Astronomy Meeting, September 2006, Istanbul
    (oral presentation)
  • 13. National Astronomy Meeting, September 2002, Antalya
    (oral presentation)
  • 11. National Astronomy Meeting, 7-10 August 1999, Elazig
    (oral presentation)
  • Photometry Workshop, 20-21 June 1991, Malatya
  • 7. National Astronomy Meeting, 10-15 September 1990, Silivri, Istanbul
  • 6. National Astronomy Meeting, 14-16 September 1988, Bornova-Izmir

Observations

Date Place Tel. Nights
Jul. 2008 Faulkes Telescopes - North, Hawaii (remote obs. for ISYA 2008) 2.0m 3
2008/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 1.5m 3
2008/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 4
2008/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 17
2008/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 4
2007/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 6
2007/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 5
2007/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 5
2006/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 6
2006/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Be Stars; co-observer) 1.5m 3
2004/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 11
2003/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (OB Runways) 1.5m 4
2003/1 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 8
2002/1+2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 12
2002/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (OB Runaways) 1.5m 9
2001/2 TUG, Antalya, Turkey - (Algols) 0.4m 7
May.1997 San Pedro Martir, OAN, Mexico 2.3m 4
Jul.1996 Crimea, Ukranine: summer school
(attended as an experienced observer)		 3.2m 15
Mar.1994 La Palma, ING, Spain 1.0m 7
1991-1993 Site testing of the ODTÜ Observatory    
1991-1992 Collaborated observations with Hungary amateurs.    

Non-Academic Skills

Astronomy 1999-2001 Chief Editor of `Gökyüzü', a national astronomy magazine.
Amateur Astronomy
Amateur Astronomy Society of ODTÜ
1998-2005Academic advisor of the society
1989-1992The head of the society
1986-1992Active member
1986 Founder member

Non-Academic Activity

July 2001 XXXII International Physics Olympiads: Member of the Organising Commitee and maintainer of the web pages.
April 2001 Yuri's Night 2001: A national leg of an international organisation: As an advisor of the ODTÜ Amateur Astronomy Society I gave a speech during the activity.
2001 - Physics Department web pages: design, maintenance.

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© 2001 Sinan Kaan Yerli