CONTACT INFORMATION
121 Burruss Hall (MC0190)
800 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
sinank85@vt.edu

RESEARCH AREAS

Green Infrastructure Systems

Urban Agriculture

Urban Renewal and Human Wellbeing

Sinan received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture program at Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey. After his graduation, he worked for a landscape design office in Istanbul for several months. His interest in sustainable and ecological urban design motivated him to pursue graduate school, and he finished his masters in landscape architecture program at Mississippi State University with a focus of green roof technology and its implementation techniques. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in landscape architecture program at Virginia Tech and investigating people’s perception and landscape preferences in different community garden settings in cities.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Current. Architecture and Design Research, Virginia Tech.

MLA, 2012. Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, MS.

BLA, 2007. Landscape Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey.