Itzhak Omer is an urban social geographer. He got his PhD in Urban Geography from Tel Aviv University in 1996 and is now a senior lecturer at the department of geography and human environment. Tel Aviv University and a member of Israel Geographic Association Council. Itzhak Omer is also a Head of Urban and Regional Modeling Working Group of The association of geographic information laboratories Europe.

Itzhak Omer research interests include Simulation models of urban and Environmental Dynamics, Virtual Environments, Spatial Cognition, Social Geography and Urban Morphology.