Mustafa Aksoy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He obtained his B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University in Turkey, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University. Before joining the University at Albany, Dr. Aksoy was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prof. Aksoy’s research interests span across Earth and planetary remote sensing, microwave technologies, electromagnetic theory, signal processing, and machine learning. He has been recognized for his contributions to those fields, receiving prestigious awards such as the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and the NASA Early Career Faculty Award. His research has been supported by significant grants from NSF, NASA, ORAU, NOAA, and SUNY. Dr. Aksoy is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of the American Geophysical Union.