Nafiz MADEN is currently working on the geostrategic importance of Turkey's surrounding seas such as the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas. His expertise areas are gravity, magnetic, heat flow, and tectonics of the Eastern Pontides. He also worked on the crustal structure of Turkey and the surrounding seas, the observations of the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) in Anatolia/the Middle East, and the secular variation of the magnetic declination angle in Turkey.