Monalisa obtained her BS-MS dual degree from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata in 2023 with a major in chemical sciences and a minor in biological sciences. In 2023, she started her PhD in the Structural Bioenergetics Group where she is working on the structural characterization of Complex I assembly intermediates and assembly factors. Monalisa is affiliated with the MPI of Biophysics (joint project P14 in CRC1507, Vonck/Zickermann).