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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:48:16.043288'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/cevat-o-karacan
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - Ph.D. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University,
     Ankara, Turkey, 1998
   - M.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University,
     Ankara, Turkey, 1993
   - B.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University,
     Ankara, Turkey, 1991
   email: ckaracan@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Coal resources
   - CO2 sequestration
   - Enhanced oil recovery
   - Mine drainage
   - Mining and quarrying
   - Mining hazards
   - Natural gas resources
   - Reservoir characterization
   - Resource assessments
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - "Dr. C. O\u0308zgen Karacan is a Research Petroleum Engineer with the USGS Geology,\
     \ Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA."
   name: Cevat O. Karacan, Ph.D.
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-0947-8241
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/geology-energy-and-minerals-science-center
   organization_name: Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center
   personal_statement: "Dr. Karacan conducts research related to CO2-EOR, CO2 sequestration,\
     \ reservoir engineering of petroleum system, and coal mine and abandoned mine\
     \ methane resources. Before joining the USGS, Dr. Karacan worked for the National\
     \ Institute for Occupational Safety and Health\u2019s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Mining\
     \ Research Division for 13 years, where he managed research projects related\
     \ to ventilation, and sources of gob gas and its control in coal mines.Dr. Karacan\
     \ is one of the Editors of International Journal of Coal Geology, and a Bureau\
     \ member and vice chair of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe\u2019\
     s (UNECE) Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane. He holds associate professor\
     \ of petroleum engineering accreditation in Turkey and an adjunct professor\
     \ position at China University of Geosciences in Beijing (CUGB). Dr. Karacan\
     \ won NIOSH Alice Hamilton Award in 2013 and 2016.Dr. Karacan received his B.S.,\
     \ M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Middle\
     \ East Technical University, in Ankara, Turkey and worked for the Pennsylvania\
     \ State University between 1998 and 2003 as a research associate."
   professional_experience:
   - '2017-present: USGS, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston VA'
   - '2003-2017: CDC/NIOSH, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, Pittsburgh PA'
   - '1998-2003: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA'
   - '1991-1998: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey'
   title: Research Petroleum Engineer