Aysen Gargili Keles is a parasitologist and Professor at the Marmara University, Health Sciences Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey and affiliated with Basic Health Sciences Department and Biosafety & Biosecurity Graduate Program. She received her veterinary medicine degree, at the Istanbul University, Veterinary Faculty and her PhD degree from Istanbul University Institute of Health Sciences, Turkey. She conducted diverse studies of parasitology and vector-borne diseases at Istanbul University Medical and Veterinary Faculties, Gifu University Faculty of Medicine in Japan, ICGEB in India, Ludwig Maximillien Universitat-Tropical Diseases Institute in Germany and University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston National Laboratory in the USA as postdoc scholar and visiting scientist. She worked in national and international research projects supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and EU 7th Framework Programme, CRDFGlobal and HSP. Gargılı Keleş authored many papers, book chapters and papers presented at international/national congresses. She served in the international CCHF epidemic monitoring group of the World Health Organization. She is a member of TUBITAK Advisory Board, Turkish Microbiology Society, Turkish Parasitology Society and EBSA. She is the founder and director of Biosafety and Biosecurity Graduate Program of Marmara University.