Visiting professor Dr. Umut Sefercik recently completed a yearlong research program with the University of Houston and NCALM. Dr. Sefercik is an assistant professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at Bülent Ecevit University, in Zonguldak, Turkey. In 2010, he completed his Ph.D. in Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering at Bülent Ecevit University, with a thesis entitled, "Generation and Evaluation of DEMs Derived by TerraSAR-X InSAR Images." His research interests include quality assessment and quality control of DEMs and DSMs derived from space-borne imagery and airborne laser scanning data.
The NCALM and GSES faculty, staff, and students wish the best of luck to Dr. Sefercik!