Curriculum Vitae
Kohar’s scientific journey started by majoring in Biology at Haigazian University, in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2006. For her Masters degree in Microbiology and Immunology, at the American University of Beirut, she defended on Anti- Aspergillus fumigatus IgY antibodies and their protective efficacy in cyclosporine A treated BALB/c mice, in 2013. Immediately thereafter Kohar worked as a research assistant at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in the department of experimental pathology, microbiology and immunology, being involved in various projects focused on antimicrobial resistance and the potential therapeutic options. Kohar joined our IMPRS in 2016 and until her defense in June 2021, Kohar she was studying the tripartite interactions: microbiota-pathogen-host, dissecting the protective efficacy of the natural microbiota members against pathogenic infections in the C. elegans host in the group of Hinrich Schulenburg, supervised by Katja Dierking.