Dr. Murat Senturk is a faculty member in the Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkiye. He completed his BSc (1999), MSc (2003) and PhD (2017) in Geological Engineering at Suleyman Demirel University, with a master's thesis on the seismotectonic characteristics of the region between Acigol and Burdur lakes and a doctoral thesis on the geology and coal potential of the Banaz (Usak) Neogene basin. His research focuses on sedimentology and stratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, coal geology and lignite deposits, neotectonics and paleoseismology of active fault zones such as the Fethiye-Burdur fault zone, and engineering and urban geology applied to land-use planning. He has published journal articles and conference papers on Tertiary basins of western and central Anatolia and has contributed to national and international research projects, including TUBITAK and bilateral cooperation programmes. He is open to collaboration in basin analysis, active tectonics and geohazard assessment.