Nikita Mishra is currently a Graduate Research Assistant, Course Administrator, and Teaching Assistant at Stanford University since September 2022. In addition, Nikita serves as a Healthcare Consultant with Biotech Connection - Bay Area, Inc. since January 2023, and was previously a Consultant at Stanford Health Care from September 2022 to January 2023. Nikita's research experience includes working as a Research Assistant in the Computational Molecular Biology Lab at California State University, Los Angeles, focusing on analyzing the binding free energy of SARS-CoV-2 and the human ACE2 receptor. Previous roles also include serving as a Medical Scribe at Pacific Nephrology, where communication in Mandarin facilitated patient care, and as a Research Assistant in the Metal-Organic Framework Lab, investigating biomedical applications of MOFs. Nikita holds a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from California State University, Los Angeles.