Semiha Demirba\u015f \u00c7a\u011flayan, PhD, is a landscape ecologist, who has specialized in ecosystem services mapping, climate change vulnerability analysis and multi-criteria optimization tools for forestry, urban planning, and agricultural sectors. Semiha is an activist and nature enthusiast with a passion for science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Semiha holds a doctoral degree from the Department of Earth System Science at Middle East Technical University (METU) in biodiversity monitoring. She gained research experience during her doctoral studies through a fellowship from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research, where she conducted an ecosystem mapping of the Mediterranean region. She focused on landscape-level change and indicators for understanding climate change and biodiversity loss problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to her doctoral studies, Semiha has over 14 years of experience as a GIS, remote sensing, and modelling analyst in nature conservation and sustainable resource management projects in NGOs. She specialized in climate change modelling and adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Dahdaleh Institute, she is a research associate with the Synergies of Planetary Health Research Initiative, and she is interested in spatial planning and optimizing nature-based solutions in urban contexts considering health and other co-benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5957,"menu_order":3,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"person-type":[15],"research-theme":[17],"stage":[46],"relationship":[],"class_list":["post-5247","person","type-person","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-person","person-type-research-team","research-theme-planetary-health","stage-alum"],"yoast_head":"\n