Ayşe Öztürk Pulatoğlu, Assoc. Prof. Dr., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Engineering at Kastamonu University, Türkiye. She received her undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in the field of Forestry. Her research focuses primarily on forest botany, forest ecology, plant biodiversity, phytogeography, plant sociology, and the ecological responses of forest plants to environmental stress. Her studies include forest biodiversity assessment, flora and vegetation research, conservation of plant diversity, heavy metal biomonitoring using trees, and the morphological, physiological, and molecular responses of forest tree seedlings to drought stress. She has contributed to numerous scientific studies and projects concerning forest ecosystems, plant diversity, environmental monitoring, and sustainable forest management.