So, who is our Pawchologist?

It all started with a young, bright-eyed DVM student at Ankara University, dreaming of helping every wagging tail and purring cat. After conquering her DVM, Yasemin decided one doctorate wasn't enough to quench her thirst for animal knowledge, so off she went to Germany, diving deep into animal welfare and behavior at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.

But the academic bug had truly bitten. Back in Turkiye, she pursued another PhD, this time in Health Sciences at Ankara University. At this point, her friends were probably wondering if she was collecting degrees like trading cards! Yet, Yasemin was just getting started. She then became a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine, specialising in Behavioural Medicine – basically, one of the highest-tier animal shrink available in the market.

Now, she's an Adjunct & Graduate Faculty, a Sessional & Lab Instructor at UPEI in the Department of Psychology. And get this – she even invented a "Test apparatus for determining the paw preference in dogs." You know, because if a dog is left-pawed or right-pawed, Yasemin wants to know about it! Her life is a whirlwind of academic brilliance, animal whispers, and probably a few happy barks and purrs along the way. She’s the kind of person who sees an animal and immediately starts thinking about their inner world