Ashley Krull | Associate Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Engineering
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Ashley Krull, Ph.D., received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Washington. After graduate school, Dr. Krull completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Regenerative Neurobiology within the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In 2019, Dr. Krull became Mayo Clinic’s second-ever Cellular Therapy Fellow and was granted an extended two-year fellowship, which she completed in 2021. This fellowship program included didactic, experiential, and project-driven training with an emphasis on directorship of a clinical cell therapy laboratory. Subsequently, Dr. Krull held an appointment as Instructor within the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and as a consultant for a joint venture biotechnology company spun out of the lab’s work at Mayo Clinic. In 2022, Dr. Krull moved to The Ohio State University where she currently serves as the Associate Director of Cell Therapy Manufacturing and Engineering. She also holds an appointment of Assistant Professor within the Division of Hematology. Her work focuses on the optimization of manufacturing processes for immune effector cells and the translation of novel cellular therapies into the clinic.