ABOUT THE AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPHER

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
Master of Environmental Science. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA,1988.
Middle East Technical University, Marine Sciences Institute, Masters program (one semester), Mersin, Turkey, 1979.
Bachelor of Science. Industrial Engineering. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1978.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Environmental Consultant. 1993 to present.
Environmental Analyst. 1988 to 1993: Dames & Moore, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Intern. July 1987 to May 1988. Licensing & Environmental Affairs, Engineering Department. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Comp, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Teaching Assistant. January 1986 to May 1987. Applied Science Micro-computer Laboratory. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Data Research Associate. December 1980 to July 1985. North Central Georgia (NCG) Health Systems Agency, Atlanta, Georgia. Responsible for maintaining a database and developing computer models to analyze health data for planning.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
"Hazardous Waste Regulations in the U.S.A. and Suggestions for Turkey," accepted for 'Katı Atık ve Çevre' (Solid Waste and the Environment), Journal of Solid Waste National Committee, Istanbul, 1994.
Report of Internship with the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1988.
Co-author: Hospital System Model Incorporating Spatial Interaction Effects, ORSA/TIMS Conference, San Francisco, 1984.
General Hospital Bed Need Plan for 1983-1988 (co-author). NCG-Health Systems Agency, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984.
Co-author of several data research publications at NCG-Health Systems Agency between 1981 and 1985.

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NÜKHET BARLAS

Nukhet Barlas is a free-lance senior environmental consultant. She has a BS degree in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and an MS degree in environmental science from Miami üniversity in Oxford, Ohio. After 14 years of graduate study and work in Atlanta and Cincinnati, she now lives in Istanbul with her husband and son. In Turkey, she also served as a board member of a leading conservation society for 6 years.

Her articles concerning environmental issues are published in Turkish newspapers. Her short story Abyssinian appeared in Bewildering Stories e-magazine issue 345. Her story book for older children, Earth Stories is published by lulu.com.

She is also a hobby photographer. She has published a few cat calenders. Cats of Istanbul agenda/notebook received coverage in Turkish media.

Links to her articles, stories, and photograph web sites are provided above. To reach the author/photographer you may use the email address at the bottom.

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
"A Communication Accident: Mini Ice Age," January 18, 2010, Radikal Turkish Daily.
"As The Climate Debate Heats Up," Radikal Turkish Daily paper, September 10, 2009.
"GMOs: Guinea Pigs or Technology Developers," Referans Turkish Daily, July 14, 2009.
"Green Pills for the Economic Crisis," Referans Turkish Daily, July 1, 2009.
"Fire Ecology and Humans," Radikal Turkish Daily paper, February 14, 2009.
"Can We Still Feed the World?" Radikal Turkish daily newspaper, June 6, 2008.
"Hazardous Predicament," Radikal Turkish newspaper, November 14, 2007.
"Drought Panic and Water Resources," Radikal Turkish newspaper, August 18, 2007.
"Bitter Medicine For Global Warming," Radikal Turkish newspaper, January 12, 2007.
"Father State and Industry," Yeni Yüzyıl, Turkish newspaper, March 14, 1995.
"Environmental Regulations Should Be Reassessed," Yeni Yüzyıl, Turkish newspaper, December 17, 1995.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
"Apocalypse Soon?" Cumhuriyet Turkish newspaper, Science & Technology magazine, April 14, 2007.
"Ecology of Cities and Stray Animals," Kedici Turkish Magazine, March-April 2008.
"Apocalypse & Butterfly Flap," Bewildering Stories/ESSAYS e-zine, February 8, 2009. Also on display at web sites including energyefficienthomearticles and bestglobalwarmingarticles.

STORIES:
Short story "Abyssinian," July 20, 2009, Bewildering Stories e-magazine.
"Earth Stories" picture book is published by lulu.com in 2008.

PHOTO PUBLICATIONS:
Cats of Istanbul photo agenda/notebook, 2008.
Cat calendars at lulu.com 2007-2009