Background
Gülkan, Polat H. Son of M. Fikret and Nazende Gülkan.
Gülkan, Polat H. Son of M. Fikret and Nazende Gülkan.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1971.
Professor and director Earthquake Engineering Research Center, METU, Ankara, since 1982. President International Association Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, since 2008. Board member Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, California, 2005—2008, editor in chief, earthquake spectra, since 2008.
Married Iclal E. Baydun, October 12, 1968. Children: Murat O., Selim M.