Shweta joined NSERC as a Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellow in 2020. She worked on a broad range of policy priorities at NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) as well as taking on key international files including the European Union and Germany. Before joining NSERC, Shweta was Program Manager at the Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC), where she led several projects, including a workshop program for capacity building in science policy, creating a membership model to engage stakeholder organizations, and managing the operations of 60+ volunteers to execute CSPC’s annual conferences in 2019 and 2020. From 2017 to 2019, Shweta was a Research Scientist at a Maryland-based biotech start-up, SD Nanosciences, developing a low-cost, easy-to-assemble, surfactant-based vaccine platform. Shweta holds a PhD in Organic and Analytical Chemistry from the University of Maryland, USA, and a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India.