Ulrike Köhl is a full professor and director of the Institute of Cellular Therapeutics at Medical School Hannover, Germany. Previously she worked at MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, USA and at the University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany. All her goals are focused on the development and manufacturing of cell-based therapies including Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) and the improvement of cell processing strategies. She has a specific focus on primary human NK cells including chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) expressing NK cells. She is a member of numerous national and international societies and is serving as a reviewer for the European Medicine Agency.

Currently: Primo loco for a W3 professorship for immune oncology at the University Hospital Leipzig in personal union as the director of the Fraunhofer Institute of Cellular Therapeutics and Immunology in Leipzig.