Jessica Kotov, PhD

Jessica Kotov, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, WashU Medicine

Research Interest

My current research focuses are on developing efficacious CAR T cell therapies against small cell lung cancer and glioblastoma. I will apply my scientific expertise to engineer CAR T cells with the ability to preferentially traffic to the tumor site, resist T cell exhaustion to persistently kill tumor cells effectively, and withstand the harsh tumor microenvironment. My academic and industry trainings have instilled in me a broad skillset o accomplish this goal with expertise spanning immune cell differentiation, large scale in vitro and in vivo CRISPR screening approaches, high-throughput automation, and computational analysis of single cell RNA sequencing data.

Education

  • 2011: BS, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  • 2019: PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Training

  • 2019 - 2023: PD Fellow , University of California, San Francisco, CA