Mehmet Arkalı

Mehmet Arkalı is a Researcher at the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He holds a PhD in Geomatics Engineering from ITU, completed in 2024, alongside a Master's degree from ITU (2022) and a Bachelor's from Yıldız Technical University (2021). His research focuses on Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, and Measurement Techniques. He specializes in applying UAV-based technologies for environmental monitoring, including glacier studies in Antarctica and flood simulation systems.

Notable projects include real-time flood simulation using game engines and GIS, AI-based olive tree health assessment, and Antarctic glacier monitoring via UAV-GPR. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action and innovation. Collaborations include international Antarctic expeditions, with publications in journals like Drones and Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences.

No academic awards are listed, though his active projects and publications reflect significant contributions to geomatics and environmental science. He currently oversees research teams in Antarctic fieldwork and remote sensing applications.