Anshu Deewan


I am a chemical engineer by training with 5+ years of research experience in Computational Genomics using Next Generation Sequencing & bioinformatics. My Ph.D. work has been focused on generating insights about cellular behavior using various genomics and bioinformatics data analyses.

My Ph.D. advisor is Prof. Christopher V. Rao (Rao Research Group), and my research work is funded by the following grants by U.S. Department of Energy: Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) and Genome Scale Engineering Center (GSE).

I have previously been a part of Unilever Future Leaders Programme and worked as a Product Manager with Unilever Research. I am skilled in interdisciplinary research & project management in both academic and industry settings.

A detailed account of my work can be found in my resume.

Research interests

  • Systems Biology
  • Eukaryotic genomics and bioinformatics
  • Next Generation Sequencing analysis
  • Cellular metabolism of non-model organisms