Dr. Sisu joined Brunel University as a Lecturer in Genomic Data Analytics in April 2017. Prior to that, she studied Chemical Engineering first at University “Politehnica” Bucharest and then at University “Politehnica” Timisoara in Romania, followed by an M.Sc. in Molecular Sciences at Wagennigen University, The Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at the University of Cambridge. Next, she moved to the USA for a post-doc at Yale University in the lab of Mark Gerstein. Dr. Sisu’s current research focuses on the study of pseudogenes from both an evolutionary perspective and as key players in various diseases. Dr. Sisu is also the chair of the Early Career Lectures in Bioscience at HUBS (Royal Society of Biology)..