Prof. Dr. Burcu ÖZSOY began her career as a lecturer at Istanbul Technical University’s Maritime Faculty in 2001. In 2005, she commenced her doctoral studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). By completing her doctorate on tracking the sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent using satellite images, she had the opportunity to collaborate with national and international scientists, including those at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. In 2015, she founded the Polar Research Center (PolReC) at Istanbul Technical University. Ozsoy is currently the director of the TUBITAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) Polar Research Institute, which was established in 2019, and the President of TUBITAK MAM.

“Polar research and Climate Change”