Graduate Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences

M. Deniz Kustu Ph.D. Candidate Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Wright Labs, Rm 339B 610 Taylor Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066 U.S.A. tel: 732-445-2124 e-mail: dkustu@rci.rutgers.edu link to course webpage: link to personal webpage:http://rockbox.rutgers.edu/~dkustu/

Research Interests:

• Hydrogeology
• Hydrology
• Water resources management
• Changes in the hydrological cycle
• Interactions between the surface and subsurface water resources.

Education / Degrees:

• 2006-present
  Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
  Ph.D in Geological Sciences
  Research Focus: Observational Evidence of the Impact of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow: The High Plains Aquifer, USA.
• 2002-2005
  Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  MS in Geological Engineering
  Research Focus: Hydrogeology
  Thesis Title: Optimal Storage of Freshwater in Saline Aquifers
  
• 1998-2002
  Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  B.S. in Geological Engineering
  Graduated with high honors

Courses / Instruction:

Advisor and Dissertation Committee:

• Dr. Ying Fan Reinfelder
• Dr. Gail M. Ashley
• Dr. Dave Robinson
• Matt Rodell

Honors and Awards:

• 2006 “Thesis of the Year” prize by the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences of Middle East Technical University.
• 2006-2007 University Fellowship by the Graduate School of New Brunswick, Rutgers University.

Meetings / Abstracts:

• Kustu, M.D., Yazicigil, H., 2005, “Optimal Storage of Freshwater in Saline Aquifers”, MODELCARE 2005: The 5th International Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling, June 6-9, The Netherlands. (Poster presentation and a short paper published in the proceedings)
• Kustu, M.D., Yazicigil, H., 2005, “Optimal Containment of Stored Freshwater in Saline Aquifers”, AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, San Fransisco, CA, USA. (Poster presentation)
• Kustu, M.D., Fan, Y., and Robock, A., 2009, “Observational Evidence of the Impact of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow: The High Plains Aquifer, USA”, AGU Joint Assembly, May 24-27, Toronto, Canada. (Poster Presentation)