{"id":1852,"date":"2026-03-05T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaiajeolog.com\/about-us\/dr-ercan-kuscu\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:46:31","slug":"dr-ercan-kuscu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gaiajeolog.com\/en\/about-us\/dr-ercan-kuscu\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ercan Ku\u015fcu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Ercan Ku\u015fcu received his B.Sc. in Geological Engineering from Hacettepe University in 1988, followed by his M.Sc. in 1997 and Ph.D. in 2011 from the same department.<\/span><\/p>

Dr. Ku\u015fcu began his professional career in 1990 and has held positions as a geological engineer at B\u00fclent Kiper Geotechnics, a research assistant at Hacettepe University, and later as a project geologist, project manager, and Head of the Base and Precious Metals Department at the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA). During this period, he led and contributed to numerous exploration programs across T\u00fcrkiye, focusing on iron, base-precious metal deposits, including field management, exploration geology, and geochemical investigations.<\/span><\/p>

Between 2019 and 2025, Dr. Ku\u015fcu served as Technical Lead at Demir Export Inc., where he was responsible for geological evaluation and management of mineral exploration projects. Since 2025, he has continued his professional work as Co-Founder and Geology Director at Gaia Jeolog.<\/span><\/p>

Dr. Ku\u015fcu\u2019s areas of expertise include Au\u2013Ag\u2013Zn\u2013Pb mineralization hosted in carbonate and metamorphic rocks, porphyry Cu\u2013Mo systems, skarn-type iron deposits, and hydrothermal ore-forming processes. He has contributed to the preparation of numerous geochemical, mineral exploration, and economic geology reports in T\u00fcrkiye and has authored scientific publications in national and international journals.<\/span><\/p>

He has participated in several national training courses and workshops on skarn deposit geology, hydrothermal alteration, isotope geochemistry, and base and precious metal exploration. In 2011, he also attended the international training program titled \u201cSediment-Hosted and Unconformity-Related Ore Deposits\u201d organized by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM).<\/span><\/p>

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Bsc-MSc-PhD-JMO-UMREK Economic Geologists & Co-Founder & Geology Director Dr. Ercan Ku\u015fcu Dr. Ercan Ku\u015fcu received his B.Sc. in Geological Engineering from Hacettepe University in 1988, followed by his M.Sc. in 1997 and Ph.D. in 2011 from the same department. 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