د. عمر الأغا - رئيسا للجالية الفلسطينة بتركيا

تم بحمد الله تاسيس جمعية اصدقاء فلسطين فى اسطنبول لتكون ملتقى الجالية الفلسطينية فى هذا البلد العزيز. وقد تم اختيار د. عمر الأغا لرئاسة لجنة ادارة الجالية من ضمن 17  أخ من المؤسسين.
وقد تم بحمد الله عقد المؤتمر الاول لانتخاب مجلس الجالية وقد فاز د. عمر  باعلى الاصوات وتم انتخابه رئيسا للجالية لمدة ثلاث سنوان قادمة.

دعواتكم ان يوفقهم اللة على كلمة الحق لما فية وحدتنا والخير لاهلنا ووطننا والله المستعان،  يتكون مجلس الجالية من خمس اخوة هم:

عمر الاغا (رئيسا)

راحج نصار (نائب الرئيس)

منير شاهين (سكرتير الجمعية)

ناصر عابد (محاسبا)

ايهاب الحجار (عضوا)

 

Department: Environmental Engineering Department
Office: EA-104
E-mail: oalagha@fatih.edu.tr
Phone: 00 90 212 866 33 00 / 5558
Fax: 0090212 8890906
Website: http://papatya.fatih.edu.tr/cvon/cvonizleme.fhtml?cv_id=293

Education

PhD, Middle East Technical University, -2000, Ankara, Turkey
MS, Middle East Technical University, -1996, Ankara, Turkey
BS, Cairo University, -1989, Cairo, EGYPT

Experience

Conference scientific comittee member 1st international conference on air pollution and combustion, Jun. 2005- Jun. 2005
Foreign students coordinator Fatih Üniversitesi, Oct. 2004- Oct. 2005
Environmnetal Eng Erasmus coordinator Fatih Üniversitesi, Aug. 2004- Aug. 2005
Assistant Prof Dr Fatih University, Aug. 2001
Post Doctoral Research Middle East Technical University, Sep. 2000- Aug. 2001
Student Assistant Middle East Technical University, Sep. 1996- Sep. 2000
Laboratory assistant Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital in Cairo, Oct. 1990- Oct. 1991

Research Interests

• Combustion gases measurement and control. • Water pollution, treatment and reuse. • Soil and sediments pollution and remediation. • Trace metal pollution and control. • Ambient and indoor air pollution and its control (gas and particulate). • Modeling of long range transport, receptor modeling. • Environmental Statistical Analysis.
• Air Pollution and Control • Marine pollution and control • Environmental chemistry • Analytical methods and instrumental analysis • Statistical analysis

Research Projects

The Effects of Land Use Changes on Water Quality of Küçükçekmece Lake Watershed by Using GIS and Remote Sensing, Üniversite Araştırma Proje Fonu-, Nov 2005-Nov 2006, Yardımcı Yönetici Amount: 1.750 Euro
Zunguldak Hava kirililiği, TUBITAK-, Dec 2004-Dec 2005, Yardımcı Yönetici Amount: 15 milyar
Chemstab Consulting, Tatlici Inssat ve Ticaret A S-, May 2003-Aug 2003, Araştırmacı Amount: 750 000 000
The Evaluation of Air Quality over Büyük Çekmece Lake-Istanbul, Üniversite Araştırma Proje Fonu-, Dec 2001-Dec 2004, Ana Yönetici Amount: 2000$

Awards and Honours

Fees waver , Middle East Technical University, 01/09/1996
Recipient of doctoral outstanding award, Arab Student Aid International (ASAI), 01/12/1996
INEPO Environmental project olympiad juri member, Fatih College Istanbul, 01/04/2004
top 5 in SCI journal publication , Rector , 08/06/2004
INEPO Environmental project olympiad juri chairman, Fatih College Istanbul, 01/04/2005
Outstanding Sicence Citation Indexed publication , TUBITAK The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 01/06/2005
1st SCI publication outstanding in Eng Faculty, Rector, 17/06/2006

Selected Publications

(The Publications appears in SCI, SCI Exp.,SSCI and AHCI are shown with *)

Academics Journals

* Karaca, F., A. Nikov and O. Alagha, "NN-AirPol: a neural-networks-based method for air pollution evevaluation and control, International Journal of Environment and Pollution", International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 28, No. 3/4, Oct. 2006, pp. 310
Ferhat Karaca , Omar Alagha, Eylem Elçi, Ferruh Ertürk, Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz, Türkan Özkara, "Büyükçekmece Gölü Havzasında Havanın PM2.5 ve PM2.5-10 Gruplarında Krom Derişimleri\"", Ekoloji, Vol. 15, No. 61, Oct. 2006, pp. 1-6
* Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, Ferruh Ertürk, Y.Ziya Yılmaz, Türkan Özkara, "The Evaluation of Atmospheric Lead Concentration over Marmara Region ", chemosphere, Vol. submitted, No. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 1
* Alexander Nikov, Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, Atakan Kurt, "AirPolTool: a web-based system for air pollution forecasting in Istanbul ", Environment International, Vol. Submitted, No. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 1
* Ozan D Yay, Omar Alagha and Gurdal Tuncel, "Statistical methods to evaluate metal pollution in surface soil ", Environmental Managment, Vol. Accepted, No. 1, Dec. 2005, pp. 1
* Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, ", \"Relation of earth probe TOMS/AI data and ground level measured atmospheric aerosols over Marmara region ", International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Dec. 2005, pp. accepted
* F Karaca, O Alagha, F Ertürk, "Application of inductive learning: Air pollution forcast in Istanbul Turkey", Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing , Vol. 11, No. 4, Oct. 2005, pp. 216
* Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha , Ferruh Ertürk, , "Statistical characterization of atmospheric PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at a non-impacted suburban site of Istanbul, Turkey ", Chemosphere, Vol. 59, No. 8, May. 2005, pp. 1183
* Bertan BAŞAK, Omar ALAGHA, "THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RAINWATER OVER BÜYÜKÇEKMECE LAKE, İSTANBUL", Atmospheric Research, Vol. 4, No. 71, Oct. 2004, pp. 275-288
* Nilgun Guvenc , Omar ALAGHA and Gurdal Tuncel, "Investigation of soil multi-element composition in Antalya, Turkey", Environment International, Vol. 1055, Feb. 2003, pp. 1-10
* omar alagha and gurdal tuncel, "evaluation of air quality over black sea major ionic composition of rainwater", water air and soil pollution, Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 2003, pp. 1-10
* Alusine Samura, Omar Al-Agha, Semra G. Tuncel , "Study of Trace and Heavy Metals in Rural and Urban Aerosols of Uludağ and Bursa (Turkey) ", Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Vol. 3, No. 5, Jan. 2003, pp. 109
Omar EL-AGHA, Gudral Tuncel and Suat Tusun , "Air Quality of the Black Sea Region: Local and Long RangeTransported Pollutants ", Eurasian ChemTech Journal, 273-279, Dec. 2001
* Omar EL-AGHA, Inci G Gokmen, "Smoking habits and cadmium intake in Turkey", Biological Trace Element Research, 31-43, Jul. 2001
* R. Sinem Atgin, Omar EL-AGHA, Abdullah Zararsiz, Ahmet Kocatas, Hatice Parlak,Gurdal Tuncel, "Investigation of the sediments of Izmir Bay: trace elements", Spectra Chemica Acta B, 1151-1164., Jul. 2000

Proceedings

Ali Demerci, Michael A. Mcadams, Omar ALAGHA, Mehmet KARAKUYU, "Th erelationship between land change use and water quality in Küçükçekmece lake watershed", 4th GIS days in Türkiye, İstanbul-Turkey, Sep. 2006, proceeding book, 1, 1,pp. 1
Michael A. McAdams, Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha,, "Predicting Short Term Vehicular Related Air Pollution for Corridors: ACase Study in Istanbul, Turkey", 3rd International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales , Istanbul, Sep. 2005, AQM2005 proceeding book,
F. Karaca, F. Erturk, O. Alagha, Y. Z. Yilmaz and T. Ozkara, , "Atmospheric PM10 and PM2.5 lead concentrations and temporal variations over asuburban site of Istanb", 3rd International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales , Istanbul, Sep. 2005, AQM2005 proceeding book,
Michael A. McAdams, Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, , "\"Predicting Short Term Vehicular Related AirPollution for Corridors: ACase Study in Istanbul, Turkey", Turkey, Sep. 2005, Istanbul,
Alexander Nikov, Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, Atakan Kurt, Hüseyin Hakkoymaz, , "AirPolTool: A web based tool for Istanbul air pollution forecasting and control", 3rd International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales , Istanbul, Sep. 2005, AQM2005 proceeding book,
A. Demirci, M. A. McAdams, O. Alagha and M. Karakuyu, , "analyzing the effects of land use patterns in the Kuçukçekmcece Lake water ", EURECO 2005 , Kuşadasi, Türkıye, Sep. 2005, Conference Proceedings ,
Bertan BAŞAK and Omar ALAGHA, "Ambient air quality assessment by heavy metals analysis in rainwater over Büyükçekmece lake- Istanbu", 1st Intenational Conference on Air Pollution and Combustion, METU, Ankara, , , 1, Ankara, Jun. 2005, 32,
Kati atik duzenli deroplama sistemleri egtimi, Istanbul, Jun. 2005,
Ferhat Karaca , Omar Alagha, "PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF AIR POLLUTION IN ISTANBUL ", ist Intenational Conference on Air Pollution and Combustion, Ankara, Jun. 2005, pp. 1
Omar Alagha and Gurdal Tuncel, "Evaluation of the air quality over the black sea: Trace metals in rainwater", 1st Intenational Conference on Air Pollution and Combustion, METU, Ankara, , , 1, Ankara, Jun. 2005, 60,
"Hidrojen Enerjisine Gecis Sureci", Hidrojen Enerjisine Gecis Sureci, Istanbul, Mar. 2005,
Ferhat KARACA, Omar ALAGHA, Ferruh ERTÜRK, Halim TAŞKAN, "Aerosol öreneklerinde Ölçülen gross Alfa ve Beta değerlerinin PKEF", 3rd GIS days in Turkey, İstanbul-Turkey, Oct. 2004, Proceedıng of the 3rd GIS days in Turkey, pp. 317
Ankara Climate Change Conference, Ankara, Sep. 2004,
Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha, Sami Gِren, "ELLE: Ecocentric Life Long Education", I. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HIGHER EDUCATION, PERSPECTIVES ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CEN, May. 2004,
Bertan BAŞAK, Omar ALAGHA, "Yağmur suyunun kimyasal analizleri ve istatistiklar metodlar yardimile hava kalitesi ve kirlenmesi ", III ATMOSFER Bilimleri sempoziyumu, İstanbul, Mar. 2003, III ATMOSFER Bilimleri sempoziyumu bildiri kitapi,
Omar ALAGHA and Ferhat Karaca and Bertan BAŞAK, "Statistics and GIS applications to evaluate air pollution over istanbul", EPMR-2002, Nicosia, TRNC, Apr. 2002, International Conference on the Environmental Problems of the Mediterranean Region, pp. 177
Bertan BAŞAK, Omar ALAGHA and Ferhat Karaca, "SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF SO2 EPISODES OVER ISTANBUL USING BACK TRAJECTORY HYSPLIT MODEL", EPMR-2002, Nicosia, TRNC, Apr. 2002, International Conference on the Environmental Problems of the Mediterranean Region,
Omar EL-AGHA , Gürdal Tuncel and Suat TUSUN, 2nd International Conference on Air Quality Management at Urban,Regional and Global Scale,pp 517-52, Sep. 2001, Air Quality of the Western Black Sea Region: Acidic Species and Rain Metal Composition,
El-Agha O., Tuncel G., , "Chemical composition of rainfall over a Black Sea forest region", Book of Abstracts , Antalya, Jun. 2000, 3rd Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry , pp. 78
Omar EL-AGHA, S. G. Tuncel and G. Tuncel, Eurotrac symposium 2000, BAI-9, Mar. 2000, Long range transport models applied to wet and dry depositions over the western Black Sea region,
Omar EL-AGHA and G. Tuncel, Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXI, Sep. 1999, Wet and Dry Depositions of pollutants on Western Black Sea Region,
Alagha, O., Tuncel, G, "Determination of sources affecting chemical composition of Black Sea precipitation. ", XIIIth National Chemistry Congress, Samsun, Sep. 1999, XIIIth National Chemistry Congress proseeding book,
Elagha, O., Tosun, S., Tuncel G., " Trace elements and ions composition of rainwater in the western Black Sea forest region", XII. National Chemistry Congress, Edirne, Sep. 1999, Book of Abstracts,
Omar El-AGHA ve Gurdal Tuncel, "Long range transport of pollutants on the western Black Sea", XIII. National Chemistry Conference,, Samsun, Turkiye, Aug. 1999, pp. 297
Tuncel, G., Gullu G., Al-Momani I., Kuloglu E., Uzun B., Elagha O., Karakas D., Eler U., Sirin G., , "Regional air pollution in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea: Consequences and source regions. ", XII.National Chemistry Congress, Edirne, Sep. 1998, Book of Abstracts, , pp. 692
Omar El-AGHA, Inci Gokmen, First Mediterranean Basin Conference on analytical Chemistry,P2-41, Nov. 1995, Determination of Cadmium in whole blood by GF-AAS and its correlation with smoking,

Posters

Ferhat Karaca , Omar Alagha, " 1st PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF AIR POLLUTION IN ISTANBUL ", International Conference on Air Pollution and Combustion CAPAC, Ankara, Turkey, Jun. 2005,
Bertan Başak, Omar Alagha, " Büyükçekmece Gölü Üzerindeki Hava Kalitesinin, Yağmur Suyu ve Kuru Çökelme Örneklerinin Kimyasal Analizi ile İzlenmesi", XVI.ULUSAL KIMYA KONGRESI, Selçuk Üniversitesi, Konya, Turkey, Sep. 2001,

Books

Bertan BAŞAK, Ferhat KARACA, Sevil AKTAN, A. İnci İŞLİ, Omar ALAGHA, "Environmental Engineering Laboratory Manual", Fatih University, 2003

Thesis Supervised

MS/MA Thesis/s

Bertan Başak, "The Evaluation of Air Quality over Büyük Çekmece Lake-Istanbul: Rainwater Pollutants Analysis", Fatih University, Feb. 2003

Ph.D. Thesis/s

Ferhat Karaca, "The Evaluation of Air Quality over Büyük Çekmece Lake-Istanbul: Fine and coarse particle distribution and their metal composition", Fatih University, Jun. 2004

Cited Publications

 

Nilgun Guvenc , Omar ALAGHA and Gurdal Tuncel, Investigation of soil multi-element composition in Antalya, Turkey, Environment International,1055,1-10,2003

Citation/s

1.       Soylak M, Divrikli U, Saracoglu S, et al., Monitoring trace metal levels in Yozgat-Turkey: Copper, iron, nickel, cobalt, lead, cadmium, manganese and chromium levels in stream sediments , POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 11, 1, 47, 01/2002

2.       Fate of environmental pollutants , Darnault C, WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH , 76, 6, 2297, 12/2004

3.       Relic D, Dordevic D, Popovic A, et al., Speciations of trace metals in the Danube alluvial sediments within an oil refinery, ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL , 31 , 5, 661-669 , 06/2005

 

Omar EL-AGHA, Inci G Gokmen, Smoking habits and cadmium intake in Turkey, Biological Trace Element Research, 31-43,2001

Citation/s

1.       Levent E, Ozyurek AR, Ulger Z, Evaluation of aortic stiffness in tobacco-smoking adolescents, JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH , 34, 4, 339, 04/2004

2.       Taylor A, Branch S, Halls D, Atomic spectrometry update. Clinical and biological materials, foods and beverages , JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY , 18, 4, 385, 01/2003

3.       Darnault C, Fate of environmental pollutants , WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH , 76, 6, 2297-2344 , 01/2004

4.       Zhang, CJ; Miura, J; Nagaosa, Y, Determination of cadmium, zinc, nickel and cobalt in tobacco by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with 2-(8-quinolylazo)-4,5-diphenylimidazole as a chelating reagent, ANALYTICAL SCIENCES, 21 (9): 1105-1110 SEP 2005, 21, 9, 1105-1110 , 09/2005

 

Bertan BAŞAK, Omar ALAGHA, THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RAINWATER OVER BÜYÜKÇEKMECE LAKE, İSTANBUL, Atmospheric Research,4,71,275-288,2004

Citation/s

1.       Karaca F, Alagha O, Erturk F, Statistical characterization of atmospheric PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at a non-impacted suburban site of Istanbul, CHEMOSPHERE 59 (8): 1183-1190 MAY 2005, 59, 8, 1183, 05/2005

2.       Al-Khashman OA, Study of chemical composition in wet atmospheric precipitation in Eshidiya area, Jordan , ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 39 , 33, 6, 12/2005

3.       Matos RC, Coelho EO, de Souza CF, et al., Peroxidase immobilized on Amberlite IRA-743 resin for on-line spectrophotometric detection of hydrogen peroxide in rainwater , TALANTA , 69 , 5, 1208, 06/2006

 

R. Sinem Atgin, Omar EL-AGHA, Abdullah Zararsiz, Ahmet Kocatas, Hatice Parlak,Gurdal Tuncel, Investigation of the sediments of Izmir Bay: trace elements, Spectra Chemica Acta B, 1151-1164.,2000

Citation/s

1.       Pekey H, Karakas D, Ayberk S, Ecological risk assessment using trace elements from surface sediments of Izmit Bay, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN , 48, 9, 946, 01/2004

2.       Tokalioglu S, Kartal S, Birol G, Application of a three-stage sequential extraction procedure for the determination of extractable metal contents in highway soils , TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY , 27, 3, 333, 01/2003

3.       Pekey H, Karakas D, Bakoglu M, Source apportionment of trace metals in surface waters of a polluted stream using multivariate , MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN , 49, 9-10, 809-818 , 12/2004

4.       Kartal S, Aydin Z, Tokalioglu S, Fractionation of metals in street sediment samples by using the BCR sequential extraction procedure and multivariate statistical elucidation of the data , JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS , 132, 1, 80-89 , 04/2006

5.       Pekey H, Bakoglu M, Pekey B, Sources of heavy metals in the Western Bay of Izmit surface sediments , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY , 85, 14, 1025-1036 , 12/2005

6.       Tokalioglu S, Kartal S, Birol G, Comparison of three sequential extraction procedures for partitioning of heavy metals in car park dusts , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING , 5, 3, 468, 01/2004

7.       Atomic Spectrometry Update. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry , Potts PJ, Ellis AT, Kregsamer P, et al., JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY , 16, 10, 1217, 01/2002

8.       Tuzen M, Determination of trace metals in the River Yesilirmak sediments in Tokat, Turkey using sequential extraction procedure, MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL 74 , 74, 1, 105, 02/2003

9.       Tokahoglu S, Kartal S, Evaluation of the results of metal analyses for lake sediment samples: a multivariate statistical approach , CHEMIA ANALITYCZNA , 47, 4, 627, 01/2002

10.    Roelandts I, GeostanclaRef corner - Geochemical reference sample bibliography , THE JOURNAL OF GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYSIS , 26, 1, 101, 03/2002

11.    Source apportionment of trace metals in surface waters of a polluted stream using multivariate statistical analyses , Pekey H, Karakas D, Bakoglu M, MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN , 49, 9, 809, 12/2004

12.    Marine sediment analysis using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, Pozebon D, Martins P, ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY , 23, 4, 111, 08/2004

 

Ferhat Karaca, Omar Alagha , Ferruh Ertürk, , Statistical characterization of atmospheric PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at a non-impacted suburban site of Istanbul, Turkey , Chemosphere,59,8,1183,2005

Citation/s

1.       Karaca F, Ozkaya B, NN-LEAP: A neural network-based model for controlling leachate flow-rate in a municipal solid waste landfill site, ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE , 21, 8, 1190, 08/2006

2.       Gerasopoulos E, Kouvarakis G, Babasakalis P, et al., Origin and variability of particulate matter (PM10) mass concentrations over the Eastern Mediterranean , ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 40 , 25, 4679-4690 , 08/2006

3.       Karaca F, Ozkaya B, NN-LEAP: A neural network-based model for controlling leachate flow-rate in a municipal solid waste landfill site , ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE , 21 , 8, 1190-1197 , 08/2006

Seminars & Events

"Erasmos program", Omar ALAGHA, Çevre müh, İstanbul, 15/03/2005-15/03/2005
"Smoke free environment for better life", Omar ALAGHA, Fatih Üniversitesi, İstanbul/Türkiye, 24/11/2004-24/11/2004

Courses Taught

2004-2005 "Marine pollution", ENVE 508, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Environmetal Chemistry Lab", ENVE 208, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Marine pollution", ENVE 408, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Environmetal Chemistry", ENVE 203, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Air pollution", ENVE 307, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Industrial Air Pollution", ENVE 407, Credit:3
2004-2005 "Industrial Air Pollution", ENVE 507, Credit:3
2003-2004 "Marine Pollution", ENVE 408, Credit:
2003-2004 "Waste water treatment design", ENVE 409, Credit:
2003-2004 "Industrial Air Pollution", ENVE 407, Credit:
2003-2004 "Environmetal Chemistry", ENVE 203, Credit:
2003-2004 "Air pollution", ENVE 307, Credit:
2003-2004 "Waste water treatment design", ENVE 409, Credit:
2003-2004 "Industrial Air Pollution", ENVE 407, Credit:

Affiliations

AHWA, Arab Health Water Association
TEMA, Türkiye Erozyonla Mücedele Ağaçlandırma Vakfı
Air&Waste Managment Association