Zuzana Strizova, M.D., Ph.D., was born in July 12, 1991 in Prague, CZ, and raised in both the Czech Republic and the United States (Omaha, NE). She has received her M.D. degree in 2016 at Charles University, and started a position as a physician and a Ph.D. student at the Department of Immunology, University Hospital Motol. She received her Ph.D. degree in 2020 and continued on conducting research focused on the development of novel protocols for adoptive cell immunotherapy of human malignancies. Dr. Strizova has undergone various scientific trainings and internships (FOCIS Advanced Course in Basic and Clinical Immunology, Arizona, USA; Infection meets Immunity, Utrecht Uni, NL; Internship at KU Leuven, BE) and as a postdoctoral researcher joined the Chemokine Research Group at Glasgow University to develop a high-level understanding of chemokines. In 2017, has Dr. Strizova appeared as a Co-organizer of the European Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology, FOCIS, CZ, and in 2019 as a Chairman and co-organizer of the 5th PhD Conference in Immunology, CZ. Dr. Strizova shared her research at different scientific conferences both as an invited speaker and as a poster presenter (PIVAC 2018; ECI 2018; FOCIS 2017; ESMO WCGC 2019). She is a member of multiple professional societies (CIS, CSAKI, EACR, ESMO, EFIS). Dr. Strizova is a passionate mountain hiker, painter, and a cynologist with a wide experience with Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Catahoula leopard dogs.