Elif KISAR KORAMAZ graduated from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, in 2000. She completed her master's and doctoral studies at the Institute of Science, Istanbul Technical University, in the Master's Program in Landscape Planning and the PhD Program in City and Regional Planning, respectively. She completed her dissertation on topics of urban green areas and quality of life.
Kısar Koramaz has been a member of Landscape Architecture Department, ITU since 2020. Her research areas, at the intersection of planning and urban design, include housing studies and urban renewal, public spaces, urban green areas and quality of life, cultural infrastructure and cultural policies, as well as environmental psychology. At the undergraduate level, she teaches courses in first-year foundational design studio, basic design, and GIS related course in Landscape Architecture, while at the graduate level, she offers courses in public open spaces and housing design.