Günay ÇİFCİ (Corresponding author)*, Prof. Dr. Serdar S. Çelebİ, Prof. Dr. Mahmut Parlaktuna, Prof. Dr. Aslı Kaçar, Doç. Dr. Seda Okay Günaydın
*Prof. Dr. Günay Çifci completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Geophysics at Yıldız University, his master’s degree at the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology (IMST) at Dokuz Eylül University (DEU), and his Ph.D. at the University of Trieste (Italy) and the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at DEU. He participated in the UNESCO-supported Floating University Training through Research Cruises in the international waters of the Mediterranean and Black Seas in 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2004. In 2001, he was a visiting researcher for postdoctoral studies at Virginia Tech University’s Department of Earth Sciences in the United States. He served as a member of the Executive Committee representing Türkiye for the project “Marine Gas Hydrates: Indigenous Resources in the European Seas (MIGRATE).” He has acted as a partner and coordinator in European Union 5th, 6th, and 7th Framework Programme projects, as well as Horizon 2020 initiatives. From 2005 to 2018, he conducted research as the founder of the Seismic Laboratory (Seis Lab) at Dokuz Eylül University, established with the support of the State Planning Organization (DPT). Additionally, he completed over 10 TÜBİTAK projects and 9 EU-funded projects, alongside participation in more than 11 national and international projects. As the coordinator of Türkiye’s first national gas hydrate project, he successfully implemented its initial phase in collaboration with Turkish Petroleum and DEPARK. He continues his research in the fields of marine geology and geophysics at the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology at Dokuz Eylül University.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-8056 e-mail: gunay.cifci@deu.edu.tr ve gunay.cifci@gazhidratek.com