Sinan Burat is a graduate of Ankara University with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. He earned his Master of Urban Design and PhD in City Planning from Middle East Technical University. Between 2000 and 2009, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of City and Regional Planning at Middle East Technical University. From 2009 to 2022, he was a faculty member at Mersin University, where he served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture from 2016 to 2022. He has a number of implemented design projects, he has won awards in national urban design competitions, and has served as a consultant to several municipalities. He was commissioned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Mersin to prepare the city's first urban green space strategic action plan. Sinan has published several book chapters, research articles, and presentations. Sinan has coordinated the preparation of the Open and Green Spaces Strategic Action Plan for Mersin Metropolitan Municipality in 2021 and 2022, the first strategic plan specifical for urban green spaces in Türkiye. His main areas of research interest include urban green spaces and landscape, with a focus on climate adaptation, planning and designing for wildlife and biodiversity and overcoming culture/nature divide.