Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305; (650) 723-3237; cagan@stanford.edu
EDUCATION
Harvard University. Boston, MA
1993-1997
BA in Biology and Anthropology, magna cum laude.
GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
| Elected one of the top 100 scientists of Turkey by Aktuel news magazine | 2001 |
| Stanford University Bing Research Award | 1999 |
| Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research | 1999 |
| The Explorers Club. Nominated and elected a student member | 1999 |
| Yapi Kredi Bank of Turkey research grant for researching, photographing
and
writing the book “The Vanishing Africa” |
1998 |
| Stanford University. Four-year doctoral fellowship | 1998 |
| Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.Elected an associate member | 1997 |
| Summa cum laude for honors thesis | 1997 |
| Explorers Club Youth Activities Grant | 1996 |
| Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research | 1996 |
| Harvard University Undergraduate Research Grant | 1996 |
| Goelet Fund Research Award | 1996 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory AMAX student scholarship | 1995 |
| Harvard College Honorary Scholarship and Dean's List | 1994-1997 |
| Turkish government scholarly achievement award | 1994 |
| International Biology Olympics, Utrecht. Silver medallist | 1993 |
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Yapi Kredi Publishing, various Turkish travel and nature magazines
1996-Present
Photographer and writer specializing in natural history, wildlife,
landscape, and travel.
Yelkovan-Ornithological Journal of Turkey
1996-Present
Founding member. Associate editor. crappie.gis.umn.edu/sozesmi/%20yelkovan.html
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Entomology Department
1994-1995
Curatorial assistant. Sorted Coleoptera. Inventoried Carabidae and
Scarabideae families
Translator (Turkish, English) 1990-1995
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences
Fall 1998
Teaching assistant for introductory biology course “Ecology, Evolution
and Genetics”.
Led discussion sections, conducted review sessions, designed and graded
examinations.
Private Tutor (English, biology and math) 1991-1995
FIELD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica
June-Sept. 1999
Designed and conducted research on the effects of forest fragmentation
on forest
July-Sept. 2000
birds and insects. Worked with four local and six American assistants
to mist net
2302 birds and to collect, measure and identify 100,000+ insects. Analyzed
800+
bird diet samples.
Stanford University Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, California,
USA
Feb.-June 1999
Designed and conducted research on edge effects on birds and insects
of oak woodland.
Researching the book “The Vanishing Africa”, subequatorial Africa
June-Sept.1998
Conducted research and photography in subequatorial Africa and Madagascar
for a
book on conservation in Africa, sponsored by the Yapi Kredi Bank of
Turkey.
Abridged online edition: http://jasper1.stanford.edu/~cagan/Afrika1.htm
Predoctoral research, Amazon basin, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
1997-Jan. 1998
Investigated the potential of various research stations for doctoral
research.
Research assistant for the National Biological Survey, Alaska, USA
June-Aug. 1997
Conducted nest searches, nest observations, bird counts and vegetation
surveys in
Wrangell-St Elias NP in order to assess the effects of spruce beetle
(Scolytus sp.)
population on spruce forest birds. Trained in the use of heavy firearms
against grizzly
bear attacks.
Honors thesis research, Kibale Forest, Uganda
June-Aug. 1996
Designed and conducted research on the effects of forestry practices
on forest birds.
Completed approximately 500 hours of field work including bird counts,
vegetation
surveys and 270 hours of mist netting with 12 mist nets, assisted by
a field assistant.
Center for Rainforest Studies, Atherton Tablelands, Australia
Sept.-Dec. 1995
Designed and conducted research on rainforest avian diversity in forest
fragments and
vegetation corridors. Conducted bird point counts and mist netting.
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado, USA
June-Aug. 1995
Designed and conducted research projects on the foraging success of
Falco sparverius
in modified and natural habitats, and on the effects of disturbance
on insect diversity.
Harvard Tropical Ecology graduate course field trip, Venezuela
January 1995
Conducted research on hummingbird feeding ecology and paramo plant
diversity.
Bird census volunteer, Turkish Society for Protection of Nature, Turkey 1992-1996
PUBLICATIONS
Sekercioglu, C. H. 1998. The effects of forestry practices on the vegetation
structure
and the bird community of an Afrotropical forest. Ostrich 69:
449-450.
Sekercioglu, C. H. 1998. Megapodes: A fascinating incubation strategy.
Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Sciences 5: 77-83.
Sekercioglu, C. H. In press. Paleognathous birds. Harvard Undergraduate Journal of Sciences.
Sekercioglu, C. H. In review. The effects of forestry practices on the
vegetation structure
and the bird community of Kibale Forest, Uganda. Biological Conservation.
Sekercioglu, C.H. In review. Is ecotourism conservation or consumption?
Birdwatching as a
case study. Environmental Conservation.
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society
November 2000
Birding around the world. Invited speaker
Mesoamerican Conservation Biology Symposium, Panama City, Panama
September 2000
Efectos de la fragmentacion del bosque en la avifauna insectivora de
un bosque
premontano a traves de cambios en la comunidad de insectos
Explorers Club, Bay Area chapter
Vanishing worlds: Research and travels in the tropics. Invited speaker
March 2000
Nuttall Ornithological Club
The effects of forestry practices on bird populations in Uganda. Invited
speaker
November 1999
22. International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa
Effects of forestry practices on the bird community of an Afrotropical
forest. Poster August 1998