Susan Rosser

Professor of Synthetic Biology, University of Edinburgh

Susan is Professor of Synthetic Biology and Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Chair in Emerging Technologies at the University of Edinburgh. She was Director of the UK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology and is currently the director of the newly funded Engineering Biology Mission Hub for Advanced Therapeutics. Prof Rosser is Co-director of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry for synthetic DNA assembly and cell phenotyping. Her research focuses on using engineering biology approaches for developing and controlling genetic circuits for applications in cell and gene therapies as well as metabolic engineering. Prof Rosser is a member of the UK Engineering Biology Advisory Panel. She is also co-founder of two early-stage start-ups using a combination of AI and engineering biology for new gene therapies and enzyme replacement therapies for rare diseases.