Mustafa Aksoy

Dr. Mustafa Aksoy is an Associate Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering at University at Albany's College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering. His research focuses on microwave remote sensing for cryosphere monitoring and RFI detection.

He holds a PhD (2015) and MS (2014) in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University, and BS from Bilkent University (2010). Prior to joining UAlbany, he conducted postdoctoral research at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

His publications concentrate on radio frequency interference mitigation, microwave radiometry techniques, and Antarctic ice sheet monitoring. Recent work develops machine learning approaches for RFI detection and CubeSat radiometer calibration systems.

Honors include NASA's Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award (2016) and multiple travel grants from IEEE GRSS and USNC-URSI. He currently serves on IEEE GRSS's Frequency Allocations Committee and reviews for IEEE TGRS and GRSL.