Mustafa Özkaraca received his PhD degree in Veterinary Pathology from Sivas Cumhuriyet University, where he currently serves as a Full Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. He possesses extensive academic and diagnostic experience in toxicological and experimental pathology. His research topics mainly include histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular tissue injury across a wide range of multidisciplinary studies in veterinary medicine, human medicine, and dentistry.