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Tolga Görüm

Title
Professor
First name
Tolga
Last name
Görüm
Gender
Male
Nominating Country
Discipline of Expertise
Geography
Other Disciplines
Earth Sciences, Physical Geography – Geomorphology, Natural Hazards, Landslides, Remote Sensing, GIS
UN languages spoken

English

Job function
Professor / Institute Director
Division
Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
Email
tgorum@itu.edu.tr
Telephone number
+90534 073 5110
Work experience
Institute Director, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye (2023 – Present).

Professor, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2023 – Present).

Associate Professor, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye (April 2019 – 2023).

Secretary General, Turkish Geographical Society (June 2015 – 2018).

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye (April 2015 – April 2018).

Ph.D. Student (Research Fellow), Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands (October 2008 – October 2013).

Research Assistant, Natural Sciences Research Center, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye (December 2005 – October 2008).
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
World's Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University Ranking): Recognized as one of the most influential scientists globally in the "Single Recent Year Impact" category for 2023 and 2024.
Publication titles
1. Loche, M., Usmanova, D., Racek, O., Avcıoğlu, A., Görüm, T., Adamovič, J., & Blahůt, J. (2026). Response of rock material properties of quartzose sandstones to wildfire: a case study from Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czechia. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 85(1), 76.
2. Najatishendi, E., Görüm, T., Fidan, S., & Şanlı, F. B. (2026). Generating landslide archive inventories for Türkiye using web scraping and natural language processing techniques. Natural Hazards, 122(1), 27.
3. Çömert, R., Tanyaş, H., Lombardo, L., & Görüm, T. (2025). An open event-inventory database of rainfall-induced landslides and their environmental characteristics in the eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye. Engineering Geology, 108258.
4. Ekberzade, B., Görüm, T., Karabacak, F., Akay, S. S., & Şen, Ö. L. (2025). Up in flames: the human factor behind a megafire in Mediterranean Türkiye. npj Natural Hazards, 2(1), 65.
5. Görüm, T., Bozkurt, D., Korup, O., İstanbulluoğlu, E., Şen, Ö. L., Yılmaz, A., ... & Tanyas, H. (2025). The 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake disaster was exacerbated by an atmospheric river. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 151.
6. Büyükakpınar, P., Carrillo‐Ponce, A. C., Munir, M. B., Karasözen, E., Tanyas, H., Ertuncay, D., ... & Görüm, T. (2025). Seismic, Field, and Remote Sensing Analysis of the 13 February 2024 Çöpler Gold Mine Landslide, Erzincan, Türkiye. The Seismic Record, 5(2), 165-174.
7. Özpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., Görüm, T., & Sarıkaya, M. A. (2025). Drainage divide migration on asymmetrically uplifted horsts, western Türkiye. Tectonics, 44(2), e2024TC008519.
8. Avcıoğlu, A., Demir, O., & Görüm, T. (2025). An automated approach for developing geohazard inventories using news: Integrating NLP, machine learning, and mapping. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions.
9. Avcıoğlu, A., Akbaş, A., Görüm, T., & Yetemen, Ö. (2024). The compound effect of topography, weather, and fuel type on the spread and severity of the largest wildfire in NW of Turkey. Natural Hazards, 1-19.
10. Avcıoğlu, A., Kašanin-Grubin, M., Antić, N., de las Heras, M. M., Mohammedi, A., Schwanghart, W., ... & Görüm, T. (2024). How does climate seasonality influence weathering processes in badland landscapes?. Catena, 243, 108136.
11. Yazıcı, D., Yıldırım, C., & Görüm, T. (2024). The timing of resurfacing events in Southern Kasei Valles. New Astronomy, 109, 102209.
12. Eker, R., Aydın, A., & Görüm, T. (2024). Tracking deformation velocity via PSI and SBAS as a sign of landslide failure: an open-pit mine-induced landslide in Himmetoğlu (Bolu, NW Turkey). Natural Hazards, 120(8), 7701-7724.
13. Fidan, S., Tanyaş, H., Akbaş, A., Lombardo, L., Petley, D. N., & Görüm, T. (2024). Understanding fatal landslides at global scales: a summary of topographic, climatic, and anthropogenic perspectives. Natural Hazards, 120(7), 6437-6455.
14. Djukem, D. L. W., Fan, X., Braun, A., Chevalier, M. L., Wang, X., Dai, L., Görüm, T., & Havenith, H. B. (2024). Traditional and modified Newmark displacement methods after the 2022 Ms 6.8 Luding earthquake (Eastern Tibetan Plateau). Landslides, 1-22.
15. Görüm, T., Tanyas, H., Karabacak, F., Yılmaz, A., Girgin, S., Allstadt, K. E., ... & Burgi, P. (2023). Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence. Engineering Geology, 327, 107315.
16. Fang, Z., Tanyas, H., Görüm, T., Dahal, A., Wang, Y., & Lombardo, L. (2023). Speech-recognition in landslide predictive modelling: A case for a next generation early warning system. Environmental Modelling & Software, 170, 105833.
17. Yildiz, C., Comert, R., Tanyaş, H., Yılmaz, A., Akbaş, A., Akay, S. S., ... & Görüm, T. (2023). The Effect of Post-wildfire Management Practices on Vegetation Recovery: Insights from the Sapadere Fire, Antalya, Turkey. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 480.
18. Bukhari, M. H., da Silva, P. F., Pilz, J., Istanbulluoglu, E., Görüm, T., Lee, J., ... & Haque, U. (2023). Community perceptions of landslide risk and susceptibility: a multi-country study. Landslides, 20(6), 1321-1334.
19. Esen, A. N., Yushin, N., Grozdov, D., Yıldız, C., Zinicovscaia, I., Haciyakupoglu, S., ... & Görüm, T. (2023). Effect of wildfire on soil element concentrations in Mediterranean Türkiye. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1-10.
20. Kaveh-Firouz, A., Mohammadı, A., Görüm, T., Sarıkaya, M. A., Alizadeh, H., Akbaş, A., ... Mirarabi, A. (2023). Main drivers of drainage pattern development in onshore Makran Accretionary Wedge, SE Iran. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 112(2), 539-559.
21. Bukhari, M. H., da Silva, P. F., Pilz, J., Istanbulluoglu, E., Görüm, T., Lee, J., ... & Haque, U. (2023). Community perceptions of landslide risk and susceptibility: a multi-country study. Landslides, 1-14.
22. Vörös, F., van Wyk de Vries, B., Guilbaud, M., Görüm, T., Karátson, D., & Székely, B. (2022). DTM-Based Comparative Geomorphometric Analysis of Four Scoria Cone Areas—Suggestions for Additional Approaches. Remote Sensing, 14(23).
23. Avcioglu, A., Görüm, T., AKBAŞ, A., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Yıldırım, C., & Yetemen, Ö. (2022). Regional distribution and characteristics of major badland landscapes in Turkey. Catena, 218.
24. Ozpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., Görüm, T., Gosse, J. C., Şahiner, E., Sarıkaya, M. A., ... Owen, L. A. (2022). Three-dimensional control of alluvial fans by rock uplift in an extensional regime: Aydin Range, Aegean extensional province. Scientific Reports, 12(1).
25. Hashemi, K., Sarıkaya, M. A., Görüm, T., Wilcken, K. M., Çiner, T. A., Zebra, M., ... & Stepisnik, U. (2022). The Namaras rock avalanche: Evidence of mid-to-late Holocene paraglacial activity in the Central Taurus Mountains, SW Turkey. Geomorphology, 408.
26. Tanyas, H., Görüm, T., Fadel, I., Yıldırım, C., & Lombardo, L. (2022). An open dataset for landslides triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand. Landslides, 19(6), 1405-1420.
27. Tanyas, H., Görüm, T., Kirschbaum, D., & Lombardo, L. (2022). Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement?. Natural Hazards, 112, 639-663.
28. Loche, M., Lombardo, L., Görüm, T., Tanyas, H., & Scaringi, G. (2022). Distinct Susceptibility Patterns of Active and Relict Landslides Reveal Distinct Triggers: A Case in Northwestern Turkey. Remote Sensing, 14(6).
29. Tanyaş, H., Kirschbaum, D., Görüm, T., van Westen, C. J., Tang, C., & Lombardo, L. (2021). A closer look at factors governing landslide recovery time in post-seismic periods. Geomorphology, 391.
30. Gokkaya, E., Gutierrez, F., Ferk, M., & Görüm, T. (2021). Sinkhole development in the Sivas gypsum karst, Turkey. Geomorphology, 386.
31. Tanyas, H., Kirschbaum, D., Görüm, T., van Westen, C. J., & Lombardo, L. (2021). New Insight into Post-seismic Landslide Evolution Processes in the Tropics. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9.
32. Donmez, E. O., Ocakoğlu, F., Akbulut, A., Tunoğlu, C., Gümüş, B. A., Tuncer, A., ... & Görüm, T. (2021). Vegetation record of the last three millennia in central Anatolia: Archaeological and palaeoclimatic insights from Mogan Lake (Ankara, Turkey). Quaternary Science Reviews, 262.
33. Görüm, T., & Fidan, S. (2021). Spatiotemporal variations of fatal landslides in Turkey. Landslides, 18(5), 1691-1705.
34. Mcclain, K. P., Yıldırım, C., Çiner, T. A., Sarıkaya, M. A., Özcan, O., Görüm, T., ... & Köse, O. (2021). River, alluvial fan and landslide interactions in a tributary junction setting: Implications for tectonic controls on Quaternary fluvial landscape development (Central Anatolian Plateau northern margin, Turkey). Geomorphology, 376.
35. Ozdogru, I. N., Kucukdemirci, M., Görüm, T., & Özcan, O. (2021). Studying the Ancient Settlement of Hacilar Buyuk Hoyuk with Integrated Methods. Archeosciences-Revue D'Archeometrie, 45(1), 245-248.
36. Ozpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., & Görüm, T. (2020). The Quaternary landforms of the Buyuk Menderes Graben System: the southern Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Maps, 16(2), 405-419.
37. Akay, S. S., Özcan, O., Sanli, F. B., Görüm, T., Şen, Ö. L., & Bayram, B. (2020). UAV-based evaluation of morphological changes induced by extreme rainfall events in meandering rivers. PLOS ONE, 15(11).
38. Bayrakdar, C., Görüm, T., Çılğın, Z., Vockenhuber, C., Ivy-Ochs, S., & Akcar, N. (2020). Chronology and Geomorphological Activity of the Akdag Rock Avalanche (SW Turkey). Frontiers in Earth Science, 8.
39. Nefeslioğlu, H. A., & Görüm, T. (2020). The use of landslide hazard maps to determine mitigation priorities in a dam reservoir and its protection area. Land Use Policy, 91.
40. Çömert, R., Avdan, U., Görüm, T., & Nefeslioglu, H. A. (2019). Mapping of shallow landslides with object-based image analysis from unmanned aerial vehicle data. Engineering Geology, 260.
41. Görüm, T. (2019). Landslide recognition and mapping in a mixed forest environment from airborne LiDAR data. Engineering Geology, 258.
42. Görüm, T. (2019). Tectonic, topographic and rock-type influences on large landslides at the northern margin of the Anatolian Plateau. Landslides, 16(2), 333-346.
43. Tanyaş, H., van Westen, C. J., Allstadt, K. E., Jessee, M. A. N., Görüm, T., Jibson, R. W., ... & Godt, J. W. (2017). Presentation and Analysis of a Worldwide Database of Earthquake-Induced Landslide Inventories. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 122(10), 1991-2015.
44. Görüm, T., Bayrakdar, C., Avdan, U., & Comert, R. (2017). Geomorphology of the Mount Akdag landslide, Western Taurus range (SW Turkey). Journal of Maps, 13(2), 165-172.
45. Caló, F., Notti, D., Galve, J. P., Abdikan, S., Görüm, T., Pepe, A., ... & Sanli, F. B. (2017). DInSAR-Based Detection of Land Subsidence and Correlation with Groundwater Depletion in Konya Plain, Turkey. Remote Sensing, 9(1).
46. Tanyaş, H., Van Westen, C. J., Allstadt, K. E., Anna Nowicki Jessee, M., Görüm, T., Jibson, R. W., ... & Hovius, N. (2017). Presentation and analysis of a worldwide database of earthquake‐induced landslide inventories. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(10), 1991-2015.
47. Marc, O., Hovius, N., Meunier, P., Görüm, T., & Uchida, T. (2016). A seismologically consistent expression for the total area and volume of earthquake-triggered landsliding. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(4), 640-663.
48. Caló, F., Abdikan, S., Görüm, T., Pepe, A., Kılıç, H., & Sanli, F. B. (2015). The Space-Borne SBAS-DInSAR Technique as a Supporting Tool for Sustainable Urban Policies: The Case of Istanbul Megacity, Turkey. Remote Sensing, 7(12), 16519-16536.
49. Görüm, T., & Carranza, E. J. M. (2015). Control of style-of-faulting on spatial pattern of earthquake-triggered landslides. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12(10), 3189-3212.
50. Fan, X., Rossiter, D. G., van Westen, C. J., Xu, Q., & Görüm, T. (2014). Empirical prediction of coseismic landslide dam formation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39(14), 1913-1926.
51. Görüm, T., Korup, O., van Westen, C. J., van der Meijde, M., Xu, C., & van der Meer, F. D. (2014). Why so few? Landslides triggered by the 2002 Denali earthquake, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 95, 80-94.
52. Görüm, T., van Westen, C. J., Korup, O., van der Meijde, M., Fan, X., & van der Meer, F. D. (2013). Complex rupture mechanism and topography control symmetry of mass-wasting pattern, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Geomorphology, 184, 127-138.
53. Fan, X., van Westen, C. J., Korup, O., Görüm, T., Xu, Q., Dai, F., ... & Huang, R. (2012). Transient water and sediment storage of the decaying landslide dams induced by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Geomorphology, 171, 58-68.
54. Fan, X., van Westen, C. J., Xu, Q., Görüm, T., & Dai, F. (2012). Analysis of landslide dams induced by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 57, 25-37.
55. Gokasan, E., Görüm, T., Tur, H., & Batuk, F. (2012). Morpho-tectonic evolution of the Canakkale Basin (NW Anatolia): evidence for a recent tectonic inversion from transpression to transtension. Geo-Marine Letters, 32(3), 227-239.
56. Korup, O., Görüm, T., & Hayakawa, Y. (2012). Without power? Landslide inventories in the face of climate change. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37(1), 92-99.
57. Nefeslioglu, H. A., Gökçeoğlu, C., Sönmez, H., & Görüm, T. (2011). Medium-scale hazard mapping for shallow landslide initiation: the Buyukkoy catchment area (Cayeli, Rize, Turkey). Landslides, 8(4), 459-483.
58. Görüm, T., Fan, X., van Westen, C. J., Huang, R. Q., Xu, Q., Tang, C., ... & Wang, G. (2011). Distribution pattern of earthquake-induced landslides triggered by the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geomorphology, 133, 152-167.
59. Zorlu, K., Tunusluoğlu, M. C., Görüm, T., Nefeslioglu, H. A., Yalcin, A., Türer, D., ... & Gökçeoğlu, C. (2011). Landform effect on rockfall and hazard mapping in Cappadocia (Turkey). Environmental Earth Sciences, 62(8), 1685-1693.
60. Gokasan, E., Tur, H., Ergin, M., Görüm, T., Batuk, F. G., Sağcı, N., ... & Ustaömer, T. (2010). Late Quaternary evolution of the Canakkale Strait region (Dardanelles, NW Turkey): implications of a major erosional event for the postglacial Mediterranean-Marmara Sea connection. Geo-Marine Letters, 30(2), 113-131.
61. Gökçeoğlu, C., Tunusluoğlu, M. C., Görüm, T., Tur, H., Gokasan, E., Tekkeli, A. B., ... & Batuk, F. (2009). Description of dynamics of the Tuzla Landslide and its implications for further landslides in the northern slope and shelf of the Cinarcik Basin (Marmara Sea, Turkey). Engineering Geology, 106, 133-153.
62. Görüm, T., Gönençgil, B., Gökçeoğlu, C., & Nefeslioglu, H. A. (2008). Implementation of reconstructed geomorphologic units in landslide susceptibility mapping: the Melen Gorge (NW Turkey). Natural Hazards, 46(3), 323-351.
63. Ustaömer, T., Gokasan, E., Tur, H., Görüm, T., Batuk, F. G., Kalafat, D., ... & Alp, H. (2008). Faulting, mass-wasting and deposition in an active dextral shear zone, the Gulf of Saros and the NE Aegean Sea, NW Turkey. Geo-Marine Letters, 28(3), 171-193.
64. Gokasan, E., Ergin, M., Ozyalvac, M., Sur, H. I., Tur, H., Görüm, T., ... & Ustaömer, T. (2008). Factors controlling the morphological evolution of the Canakkale Strait (Dardanelles, Turkey). Geo-Marine Letters, 28(2), 107-129.
65. Dolu, E., Gokasan, E., Meric, E., Ergin, M., Görüm, T., Tur, H., ... & Ecevitoglu, B. (2007). Quaternary evolution of the Gulf of Izmit (NW Turkey): a sedimentary basin under control of the North Anatolian Fault Zone. Geo-Marine Letters, 27(6), 355-381.
66. Gokasan, E., Tur, H., Ecevitoglu, B., Görüm, T., Türker, A., Tok, B., ... & Caglak, F. (2005). Evidence and implications of massive erosion along the Strait of Istanbul (Bosphorus). Geo-Marine Letters, 25(5), 324-342.
Awards
TÜBA-GEBİP (2016): Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Turkish Academy of Sciences.

Geography Service Encouragement Award (2017): Awarded for significant contributions to the field of Geography.

ITDU - 111 (2020): Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China.
Organisation name
Istanbul Technical University Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
Organisation city
Maslak, Istanbul
Organisation post code
34469
Organisation country
Türkiye