Associate Professor of landscape architecture, and Associate Director for Research for the Center for Metropolitan Density at College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) at the University of Texas, Arlington. He is also Vice President for Research and Creative Scholarship, and Landscape Performance Track Co-chair for CELA. His scholarly, professional, and teaching activities focus on economic, social, and environmental value creation through landscape architecture, urban design, and physical planning in mixed-use environments, high-density urban areas, and metropolitan regions. Özdil earned his BLA from Ankara University, MLA from the University of Colorado at Denver, and PhD from Texas A&M University.
