Mutlu Özdoğan

Mutlu Özdoğan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology and affiliated with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on remote sensing, hydrology, and land-use/land-cover change, contributing to environmental science and geospatial analysis. Based at A129 Russell Labs, he works at the intersection of physical geography and environmental monitoring.

• B.S. in Geological Engineering from Istanbul University (1995)
• M.S. in Geology from North Carolina State University (1997)
• Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Remote Sensing from Boston University (2004)

His expertise spans the application of remote sensing technologies to study ecological dynamics, hydrological processes, and anthropogenic impacts on land cover. He is involved in teaching courses related to these disciplines and contributes to the academic community through his work at the Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit.