Dr. Busra Arikan studied Molecular Biology and Genetics at Istanbul University from 2011-2015. She received her MSc degree in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from Kadir Has University. She is currently working as a research assistant and pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Department of Biotechnology, Selcuk University. Her research focuses on plant stress physiology, plant-nanomaterial interactions and plant biotechnology.