Nikita Saxena received the bachelor's degree in chemical technology from Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India, in 2013, and the integrated M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India, in 2017. She is currently a Research Associate with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Her research interests include process automation and control of chemical and biopharmaceutical processes.