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.