Ela Ataç Kavurmacı was born in Bursa. Completed high school at Bursa Milli Piyango Anatolian High School in 2001. Received Bachelor degree (graduated with honor) in City and Regional Planning from Gazi University Faculty of Architecture Department of City and Regional Planning in 2005. She recevied Master's degree from the same department in 2008, and Ph.D degree from Middle East Technical University Department of City and Regional Planning in 2014. From 2005 to 2015 she worked as research assistant in Gazi University Department of City and Regional Planning. Her main research areas are urban geography, population geography, urban sociology, residential segregation, and qualitative and quantitative methods in social sciences. Ataç Kavurmacı has various publications in the international and national journals on the subjects of spatial distribution of socio-economic status groups in Turkish cities, residential segregation, poverty, and inequality. She has been working at TED University Department of City and Regional Planning since April, 2016.