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Erkan Istanbulluoglu has been a faculty member of the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2009. His research centers on understanding the interactions among hydrologic, ecologic, and geomorphic processes within watersheds, particularly their influence on geohazards and climate extremes. His research group employs numerical models to study landscape evolution, ecohydrology, and flood risks related to landslides and debris flows. The models developed address long-term geomorphic phenomena and provide predictions crucial for engineering and decision-making in real-time scenarios. Prior to his tenure at UW, he was part of the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2005 to 2009 in the fields of Geoscience and Biological Systems Engineering, and also served as a postdoctoral associate at MIT's Ralph Parson’s Lab for Environmental Sciences and Engineering from 2003 to 2005. Additionally, Erkan is involved in editorial activities, currently serving as an Associate Editor for the journal Water Resources Research, and has held positions on various committees in professional organizations.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Member of the faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln • Lincoln, NE
Served as a faculty member in the fields of Geoscience and Biological Systems Engineering.
MIT Ralph Parson's Lab for Environmental Sciences Engineering • Cambridge, MA
Conducted research in environmental sciences and engineering.
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