Research Interests: Ecosystem Modeling, Physical Oceanography, Blue Economy, Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Education
- Post-Doc. 2005-2007, LEGOS, Toulouse, France
- Ph.D. 2005, Physical Oceanography, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, VA, USA.
- M.Sc. 1998, Physical Oceanography; Institute of Marine Sciences, METU, TÜRKİYE
- B.Sc. 1996, Natural Gas and Petroleum Engineering; Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TÜRKİYE
Career Highlights
- PI of numerous TUBITAK projects and local coordinator for several EU FP7 and H2020 projects and coordinator of two blue growth projects in the Black Sea named BLACK SEA CONNECT and BRIDGE-BS
- Director of METU CLIMATE - Climate Change and Sustainable Development Application and Research Center
- Leading DEKOSIM, the 3.5 M Euro Centre of Excellence for Climate and Ecosystem Studies, TÜRKİYE
- Lead the development of advanced 3D coupled models for the Black Sea and Atlantic basins
Selected Publications
- Salihoglu, B., Arkin, S.S., Akoglu, E., Fach, B.A. (2017). Evolution of future Black Sea fish stocks under changing environmental and climatic conditions. Frontiers in Marine Science.
- Salihoglu, B. (2009) Effects of ENSO on the Cold Tongue and the Warm Pool ecosystems in the equatorial Pacific Ocean: a modelling study. Journal of Marine Systems, 77 (1), 160-181. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.12.004.
- Salihoglu, B., Garçon, V., Oschlies, A., Lomas, M. W. (2008) Influence of nutrient utilization and remineralization stoichiometry on phytoplankton distribution and carbon export: a modelling study at BATS. Deep Sea-Research I, 55, 73-107, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.09.010.1)
- Salihoglu, B. Neuer, S., Painting, S., Murtugudde, R., *Hofmann, E.E., Steele, J.H., Hood, R.R., Legendre, L., Lomas, M.W., Wiggert, J.D., Ito, S., Lachkar, Z., Hunt, G.L., Drinkwater, K.F., Sabine, C.L. (2013). 1.Bridging marine ecosystem and biogeochemistry research: lessons and recommendations from comparative studies, Journal of Marine Systems, 109–110, pp. 161–175. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.07.005.
- Salihoglu, B., Hofmann, E.E. (2007a) Simulations of phytoplankton species and carbon production in the equatorial Pacific Ocean 1. Model configuration and ecosystem dynamics. Journal of Marine Research, 65, 219-273.URL