| Education | PhD in Immunology Master’s degree in Cell Biology and Pathology Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology |
| In the lab since: | October 2008 |
| Research experience: | 2008-present – Research assistant, Department of Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 2012-2013 – six month training course at Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France |
| Primary research interests: | Mucosal immunity, Natural Antibodies; Type 1 Diabetes |
| Secondary interests: | Cell signaling, HIV |
| Hobbies: | Football, Railway modeling |
| e-mail: | iliyanmanoylov@gmail.com |