Background
He was born in Istanbul on 17 September 1957.
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Mehmet Karaca
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Following his graduation from Pertevniyal High School in Istanbul, He earned Bachelor of Surgery and Master of Surgery degrees at the Department of Meteorology in the Faculty of Basic Sciences at International Telecommunication Union, in 1979 and 1981 respectively.
Career
He is also head of Climate and Marine Sciences Group at Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences. He earned another Master of Surgery degree at Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles). He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1990.
After 1992, he has been working as faculty at Istanbul Technical University.
He served as an assistant professor at International Telecommunication Union Faculty of Mining - Geology Department as an assistant professor (1992-1993), in Geology Department and Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences between 1993 and 1999. And held the title of full professorship in Climate and Marine Sciences Department since 1997.
His research topics are Atmosphere and Ocean Modelling, Global and Regional Climate Change, Emergency and Disaster Management, Air Pollution and Air Quality and Urban Climate.
Membership
He is a member of the Department of Geology and the Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences at İstanbul Technical University. He is a member of American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, National Geographic Society (United States of America) and World Wildlife Fund Turkey.
