Resume

Highlights

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Genomics	The University of Edinburgh	2021 February - Present
PhD in Mathematics	The University of Glasgow	2021 February
Machine Learning Specialisation (Online)	Stanford University	2023 March
Data Science Professional Certificate (Online)	IBM	2019 August

Key Skills

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Python

• Developer (CMA, ALMOS)
• Data Science
• Machine Learning

R

• Data Visualisation
• Statistics
• Markdown

High Performance Computing

• Large-scale Genomic Studies
• Archer2
• Eddie

Cloud Computing

• DNAnexus
• UKBiobank
• RAP

Reproducibility

• Git, GitLab/GitHub
• Conda
• Snakemake

Mathematics

• PhD in Pure Mathematics
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Statistics

• Descriptive Statistics
• Linear Mixed Models
• Advanced Regression
• Survival Analysis
• Longitudinal Analysis
• Meta Analysis

Cancer Genomics

• Detection of CNVs
• Phylogeny Analysis
• Timings of Somatic Events
• Ordering Events (ALMOS)
• Mutational Signatures
• High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Quantitative Genomics

• Genome-wide Association Studies
• GWAS Software Development (CMA)
• Polygenic Risk Scores
• Heritability (REML, HE-Regression)
• LD Score Regression
• Meta Analysis in GWAS

Experience

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Postdoctoral Researcher | The University of Edinburgh
2021 February - present
2023 Aug | The Institute of Genetics and Cancer    (Ewing Lab)
2022 Mar | The Roslin Institute                                (Tenesa Lab)
2021 Feb | The Institute of Genetics and Cancer    (Tenesa Lab)

Assistant Expert of the Scientific Programs | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
2013 June - 2014 August

Grants

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Pump-priming Grant | Uncovering Synchronised Longitudional Patterns in Cancer | (UKRI - Access to Archer2)

(with Dr. Ailith Ewing. PI: Dr. Ailith Ewing)

Selected Publications

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Özkaraca, Mustafa İsmail, Agung, Mulya, Navarro, Pau, and Tenesa, Albert. Divide and Conquer Approach in Genome-wide Association Studies, Genetics. (2025), iyaf019. (Co-first authorship).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf019

Özkaraca, Mustafa İsmail. Planar substitutions to Lebesgue type space-filling curves and relatively dense fractal-like sets in the plane, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 530.2 (2024): 127654.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2023.127654

Özkaraca, İsmail, and A. Muhammed Uludağ. Deformations of Lebesgue’s measure on the boundary of the Farey tree, Essays in Geometry - Dedicated to Norbert A’Campo, European Mathematical Society, (2023): 723-760.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4171/irma/34/30

Özkaraca, Mustafa İsmail. An application of space filling curves to substitution tilings, PhD Dissertation University of Glasgow, 2021.

Students

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2025 (Ongoing)
Sierra Brink (M.S.) | Co-supervisor (with Dr. Ailith Ewing)

2023
Kili James (M.S.) | Co-supervisor (with Prof. Albert Tenesa)

Thesis: Forecasting Genetic Effects of Complex Traits in Non-European Populations using European Individuals

Selected Talks and Lectures

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Invited Speaker | XDF Tutorial: Statistical Methods for Timing Mutations | University of Edinburgh (Feb 2025)

Invited Speaker | The Past, Present and Future of Edinburgh Statistics | Royal Statistical Society (Nov 2024)

From Ranking Premier League Teams to Deciphering Temporal Dynamics in Tumour Evolution for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancers

Speaker | Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics Symposium 2024 | University of Edinburgh (Oct 2024)

Temporal Orderings of Genomic Features for Patient Stratification: Applied to High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

[Best Presentation Award]

Invited Speaker | Statistical challenges in large-scale genetic studies | University of Edinburgh (Mar 2024)

Divide and Conquer Approach in Genome-wide Association Studies

Guest Lecturer | CfS short course on statistical issues in meta-analysis | University of Edinburgh (Mar 2024)

Delivered a session on meta-analysis in genome-wide association studies, covering methodologies and applications for large-scale genetic research.

Fellowships and Scholarships

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Graduate Research Scholarship	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of National Education	2016 - 2020
Mathematics Departmental Fellowship	University of Missouri	2014 - 2015
Graduate Research Fellowship	Bilkent University	2011 - 2013
Graduate Scholarship	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey	2011 - 2013
Undergraduate Comprehensive Fellowship	Bilkent University	2006 - 2011
Undergraduate Scholarship	The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey	2006 - 2011