Dr. Capt. Arife Tugsan Isiacik Colak

Dr. Capt. Arife Tugsan Isiacik Colak is a Captain Superintendent and the Head of the Maritime Department at the International Maritime College Oman (IMCO), National University of Science and Technology. She is an oceangoing Master Mariner with extensive sea-going experience on merchant vessels, and has also served as a Training Ship Captain on training vessels at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). She completed her PhD at Istanbul Technical University in Advanced Technologies (Remote Sensing and Satellite Communications) and holds an MSc in Maritime Transportation Engineering from ITU. Her research and professional projects focus on maritime digitalisation and decarbonisation, human factors and human-machine interaction in remotely operated and autonomous vessels, and GIS-based maritime spatial planning and decision-support for maritime operations. In her current leadership role, she oversees STCW-aligned programme delivery, quality assurance, and the continuous review and updating o