M. Levent Kurnaz
{{Short description|Turkish Climate Scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = M. Levent Kurnaz
| image =
| birth_date = 1965
| nationality = Turkish
| education = B.S. Electrical Eng., Bogazici University (1988), B.S. Physics, Bogazici University, (1990), B.A. International Relations, Anadolu University (2015), M.S. Electrical Eng., Bogazici University (1990), M.S. Physics, University of Pittsburgh (1991), Ph.D. Physics, University of Pittsburgh (1994).
| occupation = Academic, Climate Scientist
}}
M. Levent Kurnaz (born 1965) is a Turkish climate scientist,{{Cite news |date=2021-07-30 |title=Turkish fires sweeping through tourist areas are the hottest on record |language=en |website=The Guardian |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/turkish-fires-sweeping-through-tourist-areas-are-the-hottest-on-record |access-date=2022-04-22}}{{Cite news |date=2021-10-28 |title=Turkey's Lake Tuz dries up due to climate change, farming |language=en |website=AP NEWS |url=https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-droughts-environment-137e6f52a8fe14db981a45d19e8907d1 |access-date=2022-04-22}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-09 |title=UN Chief: Climate Change Report 'Code Red for Humanity' |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_un-chief-climate-change-report-code-red-humanity/6209343.html |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Voice of America|language=en}} Boğaziçi University Physics Department Faculty Member,{{Cite web |title=Bogazici University Physics Department Faculty Members |url=https://phys.boun.edu.tr/people/faculty}} and Director of the Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies (iklimBU).{{Cite web |title=Boğaziçi University Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies (iklimBU) Board of Management |url=http://climatechange.boun.edu.tr/en/about-us/board-of-management/}}
Academic life
Kurnaz works as a professor in the Physics Department at Boğaziçi University. In 2014, he founded Boğaziçi University Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies (iklimBU).{{Cite web |last=Duyan |first=Özlem |date=2020-01-27 |title=Turkey Climate Leader 2019: Prof. Dr. Levent Kurnaz |url=https://www.climatescorecard.org/2020/01/turkey-climate-leader-2019-prof-dr-levent-kurnaz/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Climate Scorecard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=İklim Değişikliği ve Politikaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (Center for Climate Change and Policy Studies) (2014) |url=https://arastirma.boun.edu.tr/tr/iklim-degisikligi-ve-politikalari-uygulama-ve-arastirma-merkezi-2014 |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Boğaziçi University Research |language=tr}} Kurnaz is the director and iklimBU contributes to the regions of Central Asia,{{Cite web |title=CORDEX, Region 8: Central Asia |url=https://cordex.org/domains/region-8-central-asia/}} Middle East North Africa (MENA),{{Cite web |title=CORDEX, Region 13: Middle East North Africa (MENA) |url=http://mena-cordex.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/contributors}} and Australasia{{Cite web |title=CORDEX, Region 9: Australasia |url=http://cordex-australasia.wikidot.com/groups}} for the International Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX){{Cite journal |last1=Turp |first1=M. Tufan |last2=An |first2=Nazan |last3=Collu |first3=Kamil |last4=Kurnaz |first4=M. Levent |date=2022-03-25 |title=Prospective Changes in Climatology of the CORDEX Domain of Australasia: A Dynamical Downscaling Approach Using RegCM4.6 |url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-10104.html |language=en}} led by the World Climate Research Programme. He is the founding co-chair, and board member of United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) Turkey.{{Cite web |title=UNSDSN Turkey Management |url=http://unsdsn.boun.edu.tr/hakkimizda/}}{{Cite web |date=2016-02-29 |title=Prof. Levent Kurnaz of Boğaziçi University on using Prof. Jeff Sachs's online SDSNedu course, 'The Age of Sustainable Development' |url=https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/prof-levent-kurnaz-bogazici-university-using-prof-jeff-sachss-online-sdsnedu-course-age |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Columbia Global Centers |language=en}} His scientific studies are mainly on climate science and sustainability{{Cite web |title=Levent Kurnaz's Google Scholar Page |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fI98pUsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao}}
Other activities
Kurnaz has spoken at various international and national meetings and organisations, such as the Social Good Summit{{Cite web |title=Social Good Summit |url=http://www.sgsistanbul.org/?lang=en |access-date=2022-04-23 |language=en}} and TEDx Talks,{{Cite web |title=Ya Mevsimler Değişirse? (What if the Seasons Change?) |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/levent_kurnaz_ya_mevsimler_degisirse |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=TED Talks |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Uçuruma Tam Gaz: İklim Değişikliği (Full Throttle into the Abyss: Climate Change) |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/levent_kurnaz_ucuruma_tam_gaz_iklim_degisikligi |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=TED Talks |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=İklim Değişikliği Dünyayı Ve İnsanları Değiştirecek (Climate Change Will Change the World and People) |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/levent_kurnaz_iklim_degisikligi_dunyayi_ve_insanlari_degistirecek |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=TED Talks |language=tr}} and made a substantial impact outside academia particularly to increase the awareness of Climate change in Turkey.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-11 |title=IPCC İklim Değişikliği Raporu'nu Türkiye'ye Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'nde Tanıttı (IPCC Introduced the Climate Change Report to Turkey at Boğaziçi University) |url=https://www.cevko.org.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:ipcc-iklim-degisikligi-raporu-nu-turkiye-ye-bogazici-universitesi-nde-tanitti&catid=11&Itemid=131&lang=tr |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=ÇEVKO Stiftung |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=İklim Krizini Haber Başlığından Çıkaran Kitap: Son Buzul Erimeden (The Book That Removed the Climate Crisis from the Headline: Before the Last Ice Melt) |url=https://m.bianet.org/bianet/kitap/213585-iklim-krizini-haber-basligindan-cikaran-kitap-son-buzul-erimeden |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Bianet |language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Grant Program of Capacity Development in the Field of Climate Change in Turkey |url=https://www.iklimin.org/en/youtubeda-iklim-degisikliginin-etkileri-bircok-boyutlariyla-prof-dr-levent-kurnaz-tarafindan-anlatiliyor/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=iklimin - The “Capacity Building in the Field of Climate Change in Turkey Grant Scheme” |language=en}} Kurnaz has been much quoted by national media, such as Anadolu Agency{{Cite web |title=Levent Kurnaz Haberleri |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/search/?s=levent+kurnaz |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Anadolu Ajansı Arama (Anadolu Agency Search) |language=tr}} and Hürriyet.{{Cite web |title=Levent Kurnaz Haberleri - Son Dakika Levent Kurnaz Hakkında Güncel Haber ve Bilgiler (Levent Kurnaz News - Latest News and Information About Levent Kurnaz) |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/haberleri/levent-kurnaz |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=HÜRRİYET - ARAMA (SEARCH) |language=tr}}
Corporate boards and non-profit organizations
- UN SDSN Turkey Founding Co-chair, Board Member
- Future Earth MENA Regional Advisory Committee Member{{Cite web |title=Future Earth MENA |url=https://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/future-earth-mena-regional-center-at-cyi.html}}
Selected publications
= Books =
- “Son Buzul Erimeden” (Before the Last Glacier Melts),{{Cite web |date=2019-10-30 |title=Talk organized in collaboration with ATÖLYE and Columbia Global Centers Istanbul |url=https://atolye.io/en/event/before-the-last-glacier-melts/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Atölye |language=en}} M. L. Kurnaz, Dogan Kitap (2019). {{ISBN|978-605-09-6611-4}}
= Scientific Articles =
- Spinoni, J., Barbosa, P., Bucchignani, E., Cassano, J., Cavazos, T., Cescatti, A., ... Dosio, A. (2021). Global exposure of population and land-use to meteorological droughts under different warming levels and SSPs: A CORDEX-based study. International Journal of Climatology, 41(15), 6825–6853.
https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7302 - Spinoni, J., Barbosa, P., Bucchignani, E., Cassano, J., Cavazos, T., Christensen, J. H., ... Dosio, A. (2020). Future global meteorological drought hot spots: A study based on CORDEX data. Journal of Climate, 33(9), 3635–3661.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0084.1 - Ozturk, T., Turp, M. T., Türkeş, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2017). Projected changes in temperature and precipitation climatology of Central Asia CORDEX Region 8 by using RegCM4.3.5. Atmospheric Research, 183, 296–307.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.008 - Ozturk, T., Ceber, Z. P., Türkeş, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2015). Projections of climate change in the Mediterranean Basin by using downscaled global climate model outputs. International Journal of Climatology, 35(14), 4276–4292.
https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4285
References
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External links
- {{google scholar id|fI98pUsAAAAJ}}
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