Prof. Dr. Serkan Gül earned his B.S. and M.S. from Karadeniz Technical University (in 2002 and 2004, respectively) and his Ph.D. in Biology/Zoology (2012) from Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey. He is currently a Professor at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. His research interests include Life Sciences, Animal Biology, Systematic Zoology, and Natural Sciences, with a focus on Amphibians, Reptiles, Biogeography, Taxonomy, Ecological Niche Modeling, and Species Distribution Modeling.
Dr. Cantekin Dursun is a Research Assistant PhD at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. He completed his PhD studies in Biology at the Institute of Graduate Studies, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, in 2023. His thesis is titled “Genetic and Morphological Data Describing the Hybrid Zone between Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) and Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) in Northeastern Anatolia”. His research interests include Life Sciences, Animal Biology, Systematic Zoology, and Natural Sciences.