INCIGUL POLAT ERDOGAN

• Developed full documentation packages for VCM standards (PDD, MR, MP), ensuring alignment with GS4GG, VCS, BCR, ICR, and GCC methodologies.
  • Designed and implemented MRV systems, establishing data flow structures, monitoring procedures, and QA/QC controls.
  • Performed data quality assurance, cross-check analysis, and evidence validation to support high-integrity emission reductions.
  • Prepared comprehensive, audit-ready technical documentation packages for VVB validations and verifications.
  • Coordinated technical communication between project owners, operators, lenders, and verification bodies.
  • Quantified SDG impacts and conducted safeguard assessments in compliance with GS and VCS requirements.
  • Conducted biodiversity risk assessments (IUCN) and evaluated TNFD-aligned nature-related risks across project sites.
  • Analyzed habitat integrity, ecosystem pressures, and remote-sensing–based land-use patterns to support environmental due diligence.

• Served as a senior technical author for Türkiye’s National Space Strategy Report, contributing to ~30% of the analytical content and reviewing the remaining 20% of sections for technical accuracy.

• Conducted comparative analysis of 20+ international space programs (NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, CNSA, commercial operators), evaluating policy frameworks, mission portfolios, and strategic positioning.

• Provided technical advisory on satellite systems, Earth observation capabilities, and remote sensing applications, informing long-term national planning across 5+ thematic areas (satellite design, launch strategy, EO data policy, space governance, industry development).

• Prepared full VCS documentation for 3 hydropower plants (Köroğlu, Dağbaşı, Oylat), including PDDs, monitoring frameworks, emission factor assessments, and audit coordination, successfully achieving project registration.

• Conducted HEC-RAS hydrological modeling for 10+ hydropower project sites, generating flow simulations, flood analyses, and water-level predictions used in feasibility studies and EIA submissions.

• Led Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for 3 major thermal power plants (Hamitabat, Çandarlı, Zeytindağ), overseeing baseline analysis, emissions modeling, mitigation planning, and regulatory compliance documentation.

• Led configuration management activities for the Peace Eagle (AEW&C) Project under the contract of Boeing, overseeing multi-system hardware and software baselines across a complex aerospace platform.
• Performed senior-level quality management functions, ensuring compliance with NATO, aviation, and defense industry standards.
• Oversaw and streamlined change management processes in systems engineering, ensuring controlled integration of system updates, documentation revisions, and technical modifications.

• Supported academic, technical, cultural and administrative coordination
• Managed a team of 32 students from 14 countries

• Harmonized and structured public Earth observation datasets from multiple satellite missions, enabling more reliable climate and environmental analysis across diverse platforms.

• Conducted in-depth analysis of meteorological and remote sensing satellite systems, assessing sensor performance, temporal coverage, and application potential for global monitoring programs.

• Worked on the BILSAT satellite program (regulatory & technical aspects)
• Developed educational outreach projects using satellite imagery
• Managed NOAA satellite data systems
• Studied Sahara dust transport and climatic impacts