Direction:Civil Engineering
Position:Full Professor
Dr. Kisi worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Lübeck, Germany (2021–2025). He is currently a Full Professor at Ilia State University, Georgia (since 2017). Previously, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering at Basari University, Turkey (2012–2016) and as the Head of the Civil Engineering Department at Erciyes University (2011–2012).
He received his Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, in 2003. Over the years, Dr. Kisi has gained recognition for his innovative contributions to hydrology, hydroinformatics, and environmental sciences. His research research primarily focuses on advancing water resources engineering through the development of innovative modeling and prediction techniques. This includes suspended sediment modeling, streamflow, flood and drought modeling, and novel trend analysis methods. He employs advanced statistical and machine learning (ML) approaches, including explainable ML and deep learning, combined with remote sensing data, empirical mode decomposition, and wavelet analysis. Additionally, He explores spatial and temporal hydroclimatic patterns using cutting-edge graphical trend methods, such as innovative trend analysis, innovative polygon trend analysis and wavelet analysis. He also integrate wavelet analysis, remote sensing, and machine learning with metaheuristic optimization techniques to address global challenges in these domains.
Dr. Kisi has been a recipient of prestigious awards such as the 2006 International Tison Award (Link 1) by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and the Best Discussion Award by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2023. He was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate in 2021 and consistently ranked among the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide (Link 2) by Stanford University (2020–2024).
With over 600 peer-reviewed articles, 15 book chapters, and 30 discussions, Dr. Kisi’s research impact is evidenced by an h-index of 86 (Web of Science), 110 (Google Scholar), and 94 (Scopus).
In addition to his research achievements, Dr. Kisi has played a pivotal role in the academic publishing landscape. He is an Editorial Board Member of several prestigious journals, including:
Furthermore, he has served as a reviewer for over 100 journals indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI), covering fields such as hydrology, irrigation, water resources, and hydro-informatics.
Dr. Kisi is also a full member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (Link 3) since 2012, reflecting his enduring contributions to academia and scientific innovation.
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Developing novel algorithms and methods towards the innovative solution of hydrologic forecasting and modeling; suspended sediment modeling; forecasting and estimating hydrological variables such as precipitation, streamflow, evaporation, evapotranspiration, groundwater, lake level; hydroinformatics; trend analysis; wavelet analysis.
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