Emel Sen Kilic , PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology

Classification:

Staff

Dr. Sen-Kilic graduated from the Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Ph.D. program at West Virginia University. Her Ph.D. dissertation focused on vaccine development against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  She also has a master’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Koc University, Turkey, where she studied breast cancer, lung, and brain metastasis differentiation. 

She is currently working as Antibody Discovery Team Leader at the WVU Vaccine Development center. She is interested in developing monoclonal antibodies against infectious diseases and potential cancer therapeutics. Her current research focuses on generating broadly protective monoclonal antibody therapeutics against Gram-negative pathogens.