Vanshika Gupta is currently a second year PhD student in the Dick lab at Purdue University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from San Jose State University in California where she researched with Dr. Madalyn Radlauer on the conversion of greenhouse gases to fuel via single chain polymeric nanoparticles. Post-graduation, she worked as an Amgen scholar with Dr. Netz Arroyo at Johns Hopkins University investigating the use of osmium-based complexes for electrochemical aptamer-based sensors before starting her PhD at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Jeffrey Dick group in Fall 2021. She moved with the Dick lab Purdue University in 2022 where she worked to miniaturize electrochemical aptamer sensors for single cell analysis. In 2023 she became an NSF graduate student fellow and is now working towards finishing her dissertation work with Dr. Dick regarding real-time pharmacokinetic analysis in single cells. In addition to pursuing new science in the lab, she enjoys making artworks for her small business and teaching dancing in her free time.