Newcastle University

Employment

• Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow, Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University (from October 2011); Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (2009-2011)
• Graduate Assistant, Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University, Turkey (2002-2005) 
• Food Engineer, Turkish Standards Institution, Turkey (1995-2002)

Fellowships and Awards  

• Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship for Career Development, European Community FP7 PIOF-GA-2008-220444 (from 2009). 
• "Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Summer Institute" participation grant, Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2009). 
• Prof. Dr. Orhan Karacadag Award for Scientific Achievement, Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University, Turkey (2007)
• SRA International Travel Award, Society for Risk Analysis (2007). 
• Best Poster Award, "Affect, Motivation and Decision Making International Conference" held by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in collaboration with UCLA Anderson School of Management, Dead Sea, Israel (2006). 
• Süleyman Demirel Research Grant for Contemporary Turkish Studies, Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2005-2007). 
• Israeli Foreign Ministry Research Grant (2005). 
• CREATE Workshop Participation Grant, European Health Psychology Society (2004).  
• Graduate School Tuition Grant, Bilkent University, Turkey (2002-2008).

Education

• Ph.D. Business Administration, Bilkent University, Turkey (2008). Exchange Ph.D. Student. Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2005-2007).
• M.S. Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (2002).
• M.B.A. Baskent University, Turkey (1999).
• B.S. Food Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (1994).

Current Research Interests 

• Judgment and decision making with special interests in food safety risk analysis and risk communication, and risk perception
• Cross-cultural comparisons and values

Current Work

• Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship for Career Development, European Community FP7 (PIOF-GA-2008-220444). Project Title: Contamination of food with biological agents: An integrated risk analysis and risk communication approach  

Esteem Indicators

• External Reviewer: National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine's draft report by the Committee on "Review of Food and Drug Administration’s Role in Ensuring Safe Food." (February 2010).
• Reviewer: American Journal of Public Health, Foodborne Pathogen and Disease, Risk Analysis.

• Kaptan G, Fischhoff B. Diagnosing foodborne illness: A behavioral analysis of barriers to testing. Journal of Public Health Policy 2011, 32(1), 60-72.
• Kaptan G, Fischhoff B. Sticky decisions: Peanut butter in a time of Salmonella. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2010, 16(5), 900-904.
• Shiloh S, Güvenç G, Önkal D. Cognitive and emotional representations of terror attacks: A cross-cultural exploration. Risk Analysis 2007, 27(2), 397-409.
• Thomson ME, Önkal D, Güvenç G. A cognitive portrayal of risk perception in Turkey: Some cross-national comparisons. Risk Management 2003, 5(4), 25-35.
• Güvenç G, Gürakan C, Bayindirli A. Combined effect of high hydrostatic pressure treatment and hydrogen peroxide on Salmonella Enteritidis in liquid whole egg. European Food Research and Technology 2003, 217(3), 244-248.
• Özilgen M, Güvenç G, Makaraci M. Color change and weight loss of apple slices during drying. Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel-untersuchung und-forschung 1995, 201(1), 40-45.