Zsóka Vásárhelyi holds a BSc and Master´s degree in Biology from the Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest. She is doing her PhD thesis in the Theoretical Evolutionary Biology Doctoral Program of the Eötvös Lóránd University under the supervision of István Scheuring. Zsóka Vásárhelyi has been awarded a KLI Writing-Up Fellowship to complete her thesis.