EMRAH OZPOLAT

Geospatial data scientist and geomorphologist with expertise in GIS, remote sensing, and machine learning for hazard modeling. Led a PennDOT-funded project utilizing LiDAR and spatial ML workflows for infrastructure risk assessment. Certified FAA Part 107 drone pilot with experience in UAV surveys and terrain modeling. Proficient in Python, MATLAB, ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, and Google Earth Engine, seeking opportunities in geospatial analytics and environmental consulting.

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• Central and northern Alaska, North Carolina, SW Pennsylvania, West Virginia, most part in Turkey

• 2021, 2024, Researcher, Development of a Regional Landslide Inventory to Advance Hazard and Risk Estimates for Southwestern Pennsylvania-funded by IRISE-PENNDOT
• 2021, 2024, Researcher, Quantifying relations between erosion and permafrost thaw to improve predictions of ecosystem and carbon stocks response to a changing Arctic environment by NSF
• 2020, 2021, Principal Investigator, Determining the rock uplift using Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating and Cosmogenic 10Be in river sediment in the Central Menderes Masif (Aydın Mountains) funded by Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
• 2017, 2020, Researcher, Quaternary basin-wide erosion rate of the Central and Southern Menderes Massif derived from Beryllium-10 isotope Scholar and researcher, funded by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
• 2013, 2016, Researcher, The Holocene landscape evolution of the Cukurova Delta in the Eastern Mediterranean Researcher, funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Harran University (HUBAK)

• Andrew Mellon Fellowship Programme, Mellon Foundation
• GSA Grant Award for graduate students, Geological Society of America
• J. Frederick and Ann Sarg Award, University of Pittsburgh
• Leighton Memorial Award, University of Pittsburgh
• International Research Fellowship Programme, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey-North Carolina State University
• Best presentation award by Active Tectonic Research Group, 19
• Best MS thesis, 16

• Özpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., & Görüm, T. (2025).
  Drainage divide migration on asymmetrically uplifted horsts, western Türkiye.
  Tectonics, 44(2), e2024TC008519.
• Özpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., & Görüm, T. (2022).
  Three-dimensional control of alluvial fans by rock uplift in an extensional regime: Aydın Range, Aegean extensional province.
  Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–14.
• Özpolat, E., Şahiner, E., Özcan, O., Demir, T., & Owen, L. A. (2021).
  Late-Holocene landscape evolution of a delta from foredune ridges: Seyhan Delta, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
  The Holocene, 31(5), 760–777.
• Özpolat, E., Yıldırım, C., & Görüm, T. (2020).
  The Quaternary landforms of the Büyük Menderes Graben System: the Southern Menderes Massif, western Anatolia, Turkey.
  Journal of Maps, 16(2), 405–419.
• Özpolat, E., & Demir, T. (2019).
  The spatiotemporal shoreline dynamics of a delta under natural and anthropogenic conditions from 1950 to 2018: A dramatic case from the Eastern Mediterranean.
  Ocean & Coastal Management, 180, 104910.
• Özpolat, E., & Demir, T. (2014).
  Determination of coastal changes using Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing: Seyhan Delta.
  Academic Informatics Conference, Mersin University.