Graduate Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Selen Esmeray Ph.D. Student Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Wright Labs, Rm243C 610 Taylor Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066 U.S.A. tel: e-mail: esmeray@eden.rutgers.edu link to course webpage: link to personal webpage:

Research Interests:

• Stratigraphy
• Micropaleontology
• Sedimentology
• K/P Boundary

Education / Degrees:

• M.Sc. - Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Turkey, 2008. Thesis: Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary in the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey: Micropaleontological, Mineralogical and Sequence Stratigraphic Approach, 271 pp. Advisors: D. Altiner, S. Ozkan-Altiner.
• B.Sc. - Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Turkey, 2005 – (Ranked First)
• B.Sc. Minor Degree - Middle East Technical University, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, Turkey, 2005.

Courses / Instruction:

• Introduction to Physical Geology Lab

Advisor and Dissertation Committee:

• Kenneth G. Miller
• Richard K. Olsson

Honors and Awards:

• Graduate Study Scholarship of Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 2006-2007.
• European Commission Scholarship: Leonardo da Vinci Mobility Project in KNAUF Verwaltungsgeselleschaft, KG Mineral Exploration and Processing Company as Exploration Geologist, Germany, 2005.

Publications:

Meetings / Abstracts:

• Esmeray, S., Altiner, D., Ozkan-Altiner, S., Delineation of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary using biostratigraphic and sequence stratigraphic data in the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Workshop of Turkish Stratigraphy Committee, 22-23 November 2007, MTA–Ankara, Turkey, pp. 13.
• Esmeray, S., Altiner, D., Ozkan-Altiner, S., Early Paleocene planktonic foraminiferal evolution in the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey. 62nd Geological Kurultai of Turkey, 13-17 April 2009, MTA–Ankara, Turkey, pp. 684-685.