Ümit Taner
Researcher Project Manager at Deltares
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolÜmit Taner is an environmental engineer and researcher-project manager with over a decade of experience applying quantitative methods to water resources planning, climate assessment, and adaptation. With a Ph.D. focused on bottom-up planning under demographic and climatic uncertainty, he combines expertise in environmental modeling, robust decision-making, Bayesian and stochastic methods, and scientific programming in R and Python to turn complex science into practical decision support tools. Based in Delft and working at Deltares, he has led international projects across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia for public and private clients, often integrating interactive visualizations and dashboards to communicate uncertainty to stakeholders. He brings a rare blend of academic rigor and hands-on consulting experience, and is particularly skilled at translating exploratory analyses and hydrosystems models into usable policy and planning solutions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange student, environmental resources management, Exchange student, environmental resources management at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-SenftenbergUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstB.Sc., Environmental Engineering, B.Sc., Environmental Engineering at Yıldız Teknik ÜniversitesiM.Sc., Environmental Technology, M.Sc., Environmental Technology at Boğaziçi University
English, German, Turkish
Github Skills (46)
r-package9
htmlwidgets9
parser8
wrapper8
dplyr8
grammar8
coordinates8
r8
parallel-coordinates8
shiny7
data-transformation7
reticulate7
shiny-apps6
polars6
cran6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tanerumit/ggHydro
Apr 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
Deltares-research/weathergenr
Jun 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:118 commits, 2 PRs, 82 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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