Career:

• 2020-Present: Researcher in Analysis of Hydrological Systems Group, University of Potsdam
• 2018-Present: Researcher in Section 2.6 - Seismic Hazard and Risk Dynamics, GFZ-Potsdam
• 2015-2018: Research Assistant in Geohazards Group, University of Potsdam
• 2013-2015: Graduate Assistant at Research Institute for Water and Environment (fwu), University of Siegen

Education:

• 2015-2018: Ph.D. in Landslide Prediction at the Research Training Group "NatRiskChange", University of Potsdam
• 2010-2012: M.Sc. in Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation, Politecnico di Milano
• 2005-2010: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University

Projects:

• 2021 - 2022 HART EifelfloodS aims to collect post event data to better assess the evolution of events and damage processes related to 2022 European Floods.
• 2020 - 2024 Co-PREPARE aims to study natural hazards in the Indian Himalayas by analyzing their processes, impacts, and risks to improve preparedness and resilience.
• 2018 - 2020 CaTeNA focuses on understanding climate and tectonic interactions in High Mountain Asia to assess their impacts on landscapes, ecosystems, and hazards.
• 2015 - 2018 NatRiskChange project P1 targets to understanding landslide processes under changing boundary conditions to improve prediction.

To see the full list of publications please visit my researchgate profile

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

2024

1. Stein L., Mukkavilli S. K., Pfitzmann B. M., Staar P. W. J., Ozturk U., Berrospi C., Brunschwiler T., Wagener T. (2024): Wealth Over Woe: Global Biases in Hydro‐Hazard Research. - Earth’s Future, 12, 10, e2024EF004590. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004590
2. Bhuyan K., Rana K., Ferrer J.V., Cotton F., Ozturk U., Catani F., Malik N. (2024): Landslide topology uncovers failure movements. - Nature Communications 15, 2633. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46741-7
3. Schwanghart W., Agarwal A., Cook K., Ozturk U., Shukla R., Fuchs, S. (2024): Preface: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region. - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24, 9, 3291–3297. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3291-2024

2022

1. Ozturk U., Bozzolan E., Holcombe A.E., Shukla R., Pianosi F., Wagener T. (2022): How climate change and unplanned urban sprawl bring more landslides. - Nature, 608, 7922, 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02141-9
2. Rana, K., Malik, N., Ozturk, U. (2022): Landsifier v1.0: a Python library to estimate likely triggers of mapped landslides. - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 22, 3751–3764. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-141
3. Dietze, M., Bell, R., Ozturk, U., Cook, K., Andermann, C., Beer, A. R., Damm, B., Lucia, A., Fauer, F. S., Nissen, K. M., Sieg, T., Thieken, A. H. (2022): More than heavy rain turning into fast-flowing water – a landscape perspective on the 2021 Eifel floods. - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 22, 6, 1845-1856. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1845-2022

2021

1. Ozturk, U., Saito, H., Matsushi, Y., Crisologo, I., Schwanghart, W. (2021): Can global rainfall estimates (satellite and reanalysis) aid landslide hindcasting? - Landslides, 18, 3119-3133.
   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01689-3
2. Rana, K., Ozturk, U., Malik, N. (2021): Landslide Geometry Reveals its Trigger. - Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL090848. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090848
3. Wolf, F., Ozturk, U., Cheung, K., Donner, R. V. (2021): Spatiotemporal patterns of synchronous heavy rainfall events in East Asia during the Baiu season. - Earth System Dynamics, 12, 1, 295-312. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-295-2021

2020

1. Ozturk, U., Pittore, M., Behling, R., Roessner, S., Andreani, L., Korup, O. (2020): How robust are landslide susceptibility estimates? - Landslides, 18, 681-695. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01485-5
2. Cheung, K. K. W., Ozturk, U. (2020): Synchronization of extreme rainfall during the Australian summer monsoon: Complex network perspectives. - Chaos, 30, 063117. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144150
3. Malik, N., Ozturk, U. (2020): Rare events in complex systems: Understanding and prediction. - Chaos, 30, 090401. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0024145
4. Agarwal, A., Marwan, N., Maheswaran, R., Ozturk, U., Kurths, J., and Merz, B. (2020): Optimal design of hydrometric station networks based on complex network analysis, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. (HESS), 24, 2235–2251.
   https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2235-2020

2019

1. Ozturk, U., Malik, N., Cheung, K., Marwan, N., Kurths, J. (2019): A network-based comparative study of extreme tropical and frontal storm rainfall over Japan. - Climate Dynamics, 53, 1-2, 521-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4597-1
2. von Specht, S., Ozturk, U., Veh, G., Cotton, F., Korup, O. (2019): Effects of finite source rupture on landslide triggering: the 2016 Mw 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake. - Solid Earth, 10, 463-486. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-463-2019

2018

1. Bronstert, A., Agarwal, A., Boessenkool, B., Crisologo, I., Fischer, M., Heistermann, M., Köhn-Reich, L., López-Tarazón, J. A., Moran, T., Ozturk, U., Reinhardt-Imjela, C., Wendi, D. (2018): Forensic hydro-meteorological analysis of an extreme flash flood: The 2016-05-29 event in Braunsbach, SW Germany. - Science of the Total Environment, 630, 977-991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.241
2. Ozturk, U., Marwan, N., Korup, O., Saito, H., Agarwal, A., Grossman, M. J., Zaiki, M., Kurths, J. (2018): Complex networks for tracking extreme rainfall during typhoons. - Chaos, 28, 075301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5004480
3. Ozturk, U., Marwan, N., von Specht, S., Korup, O., Jensen, J. (2018): A New Centennial Sea-Level Record for Antalya, Eastern Mediterranean. - Journal of Geophysical Research, 123, 7, 4503-4517. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013906
4. Ozturk, U., Wendi, D., Crisologo, I., Riemer, A., Agarwal, A., Vogel, K., López-Tarazón, J. A., Korup, O. (2018): Rare flash floods and debris flows in southern Germany. - Science of the Total Environment, 626, 941-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.172

2017

1. Vogel, K., Ozturk, U., Riemer, A., Laudan, J., Sieg, T., Wendi, D., Agarwal, A., Rözer, V., Korup, O., Thieken, A. (2017): Die Sturzflut von Braunsbach am 29. Mai 2016 – Entstehung, Ablauf und Schäden eines „Jahrhundertereignisses“. Teil 2: Geomorphologische Prozesse und Schadensanalyse. The Braunsbach Flashflood of Mai 29th, 2016 – Origin, Pathways and Impacts of an Extreme Hydro-Meteorological Event. Part 2: Geomorphological Processes and Damage Analysis. - Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 61, 3, 163-175. https://doi.org/10.5675/HyWa_2017,3_2

2016

1. Ozturk, U., Tarakegn, Y. A., Longoni, L., Brambilla, D., Papini, M., Jensen, J. (2016): A simplified early-warning system for imminent landslide prediction based on failure index fragility curves developed through numerical analysis. - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7, 4, 1406-1425. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2015.1058863

LETTERS AND COMMENTS

1. Ozturk, U. (2022): Geohazards explained 10: Time-dependent landslide susceptibility. - Geology Today, 38, 3, 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12391
2. Dietze, M., Ozturk, U. (2021): A flood of disaster response challenges. - Science, 373, 1317-1318.
   https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm0617

PRE-PRINTS

1. Bhuyan K., Rana K., Ozturk U., Nava L., Rosi A., Meena S., Fan X., Floris M., van Westen C., Catani F. (2024): Towards automatic delineation of landslide source and runout. https://doi.org/10.31223/X5DX3K
2. Luna L. V., Arango-Carmona M. I., Veh G., Lewis E., Ozturk U., Korup, O. (2024): Urban landslides triggered under similar rainfall intensities in cities globally. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.172745685.54713106/v1

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Kurths J., Agarwal A., Ozturk U., Sharma S., Marwan N., Eroglu D. (2020): Earth system analysis from a nonlinear physics perspective, in: EPS Grand Challenges: Physics for Society in the Horizon 2050, edited by: Hidalgo C., IOP Science, Bristol UK, 6-3–6-17, https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-6342-6
2. Bronstert A., Crisologo I., Heistermann M., Ozturk U., Vogel K., and Wendi D. (2020): Flash-Floods: More Often, More Severe, More Damaging? An Analysis of Hydro-geo-environmental Conditions and Anthropogenic Impacts, in: Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options: Handling the Impacts of a Changing Climate, edited by: Leal Filho, W., Nagy, G. J., Borga, M., Chávez Muñoz, P. D., and Magnuszewski, A., Springer International Publishing, Cham, 225–244, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37425-9_12
3. Agarwal A., Marwan N., Ozturk U., and Maheswaran R. (2019): Unfolding Community Structure in Rainfall Network of Germany Using Complex Network-Based Approach, in: Water Resources and Environmental Engineering II, edited by: Rathinasamy, M., Chandramouli, S., Phanindra, K. B. V. N., and Mahesh, U., Springer Singapore, Singapore, 179–193, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2038-5_17