Gautami completed BSc (Blended) in Bioscience, a special degree granted by Savitribai Phule Pune University (India) and designed by University of Melbourne (Australia). Later during the training at IISER Pune (India), she studied the role of Api5 protein in breast carcinogenesis and explored her joint interest in molecular and cancer biology. In 2023, she was awarded with Master of Molecular Biology degree from The University of Queensland (Australia) and her master’s thesis focused on molecular profiling of mixed ductal-lobular carcinoma- a rare subtype of breast cancer. In her current PhD project, she is investigating the complex tumor microenvironment to trace efficacy of conventional chemotherapies and vasculature targeting agents in breast cancer with multi-omics approach. Gautami joined the laboratory in February 2024.