Eylül Özdrak is a Research Assistant and early-career scholar in accounting and finance at a leading public university, specializing in finance, financial economics, financial reporting, auditing, and ESG reporting. She holds undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral-level training in business administration and accounting and finance, with multilingual academic instruction that supports her interdisciplinary research perspective. Her professional experience includes active participation in nationally funded and institutionally supported research projects, where she has contributed to project design, empirical analysis, and scholarly dissemination, as well as collaborative academic leadership within research teams. Her research focuses on ESG reporting, sustainability performance, financial reporting quality, auditing standards, and the relationship between financial and non-financial performance, with publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings. Her work demonstrates methodological rigor and policy relevance, particularly in ESG-focused financial analysis and sustainability reporting. Recognition of her academic contribution is reflected through competitive research funding, growing citation impact, and her active engagement in the scholarly community within accounting, finance, and sustainability research.