PhD Student
Büşra Karataş graduated in Anthropology from Ankara University, participated in fossil excavations and studied at Freie Universität Berlin through Erasmus. Her research combines anthropology with molecular biology.
Her main interests are ancient DNA, palaeogenomics, human evolution, bioarchaeology and palaeopathology. Her biology research at Ankara University has involved metagenomic investigation of pathological structures in ancient human bones. She has worked with eGL and AgriGenomics Hub since 2022.
Projects include ancient bone pathology, parasites and diet in mountain gazelles, Candida auris, TR.AQUA and DNA barcoding. Her source profile also lists a 2025 co-authored publication on gazelle helminth communities assessed using DNA metabarcoding.