Hansa graduated with a BSc Hons in Biological Sciences with a Year in Industry/Research, from Imperial College London. During this time, she was also selected to earn degree credits through a brief residential visit to Tsinghua University (China).

During her placement year at the Institute of Cancer Research, she investigated the cell biology of melanoma using advanced confocal imaging. She also undertook a placement building light and thermal responsive vesicles at Imperial College. Her undergraduate dissertation in structural biology optimised amyloid purification and homology modelling. Hansa has led independent research projects ranging from novel cancer drug delivery design to a multi-institutional clinical study on cardiovascular disease management, which underscores her interest in the real-world applications of her research.

She then joined the Bayley lab to pursue a DPhil Chemical Biology at Oxford in 2020. Hansa combines her research interests by engineering voltage-gated nanopore signaling towards biologically relevant soft devices.