Prof. Dr. Zurnila Marli Kesuma, S.Si., M.Si. is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Statistics from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, and later pursued her doctoral studies at Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand, with a concentration in Biostatistics (Epidemiology).