Prof. Ufuk Fatih KUCUKALI was born in Istanbul in 1980. After completion of his elementary, middle and high school education in Istanbul, he obtained his Bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture from Istanbul University in 2001. Then, he received his Masters degree from Yildiz Technical University, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences in 2005, and his Ph.D. degree after completing the program of Yildiz Technical University, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences in 2012. He has been working as an Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Istanbul Aydin University since 2012. He published research papers in various academic journals in English and in Turkish on his primary research interests which are including climate change, ecological planning, ecological risk assessment, water basin planning, urban planning and urban design. He has conducted many master’s theses and gives lectures in Urban Design Master Program, Urban Renewal Master Program and Architecture Master Program.