Mehmet Korhan Erturaç is a Quaternary geologist who received his Ph.D. from İstanbul Technical University in 2010. He currently holds a tenured Associate Professor position at Gebze Technical University, Institute of Earth and Marine Sciences. His research focuses on landscape evolution across Quaternary time scales, investigating Earth surface processes such as tectonic, fluvial, aeolian, and coastal dynamics, and assessing landscape response to short- and long-term regional and global climate fluctuations, particularly in the eastern Mediterranean.

Throughout his career, his geological research has developed strong interdisciplinary connections with archaeology, contributing to studies ranging from the Paleolithic to the Roman periods, with special emphasis on Neolithic communities in Anatolia. He integrates conventional geological mapping with high-resolution analytical techniques to identify and interpret terrestrial archives, supported by absolute dating methods including luminescence and U-series dating. His work spans diverse regions from Anatolia to Mongolia, and from the Black Sea coasts to the Antarctic Peninsula, reconstructing past landscapes and human–environment interactions.