CV (Curriculum Vitae)                     

                               KAYA                  

                              SURNAME   

                           UĞUR                                  

                          FIRST NAME

Affiliation and Official Address:      Ege University Faculty of Science

                                                           Department of  Biology  Section of Zoology

                                                           35100  Bornova, İzmir – TURKEY

                                                           Phone: 90-232-388 4000/2412

                                                           Fax: 90-232-388 1036

                                                           E-mail: kaya@bornova.ege.edu.tr 

Date and place of Birth: 09 June 1965 - Afyon

Nationality: Turkish

Education (degrees, dates, universities):

            Primary Education:   Kocatepe Primary School, Afyon/Turkey, (1971-76)

            Secondary Education: Şemsettin Karahisari Junior High School, Afyon/Turkey, (1976-78)

                                                  School Number 9, New Jersey/USA, (1978-79)

                                                  Afyon High School, Afyon/Turkey, (1979-82)

            BS:      21 September 1987, Ege University, Faculty of Science, Izmir/Turkey

            M.Sc.: 15 October 1990, Ege University, Institute of Science, Izmir/Turkey

            Ph.D.: 7 March 1997, Ege University, Institute of Science, Izmir/Turkey

            Post. Doc.: 15 August 1997 – 31 July 1999, Brown University, Providence/USA

Career / Employment (employers, positions and dates)

            Employer:      Ege University , Faculty of Science

            Position:         Research/Teaching Assistant (Zool. Sec.), 15 June 1992 – 10 August 1999

                                   Visiting Scientist ( Brown University , Department of Psychology, USA )

                                   15 August 1997 – 31 July 1999

                                   Assistant Professor (Zool. Sec.), 11 August 1999 – present

Work Experience

  11 August 1999 – present

          Ege University , Zoology Section, İzmir, Turkey

          Assistant Professor: Taught Vertebrate Systematics, Comparative Vertebrate

          Anatomy, Introduction to Computer I and II.

  17 August 2002 – 7 October 2002

          Koblenz-Landau University , Institutte of Biology, Koblenz , Germany

          Visiting Scientist: Collaborated with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sinsch in researching systematics of

           palearctic water frogs.

  15 August 1997 – 31 July 1999

          Brown University , Psychology Deparment, Providence , RI , USA

          Postdoctoral Research Associate (Visiting Scientist): Assisted Prof. Andrea M. Simmons

          in researching amphibian audition and behavior. Conducted acoustic behavior experiments.

  15 June 1992 – 10 August 1999

          Ege University, Zoology Section, İzmir, Turkey

          Research/Teaching Assistant: Performed morphological and osteological observations.

          Conducted herpetological field works. Taught Zoology Laboratory, Vertebrate Systematics

          Lab., Herpetology lab.

Specialization

            (I) main field: Taxonomy, Turkish Herpetofauna

            (II) other fields: Bioacoustics, Osteology, Conservation, Animal Behaviour

Membership of Professional Societies

              Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, SSAR  (USA)

Courses

            Language Institute for English, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey/USA