Hasti Nafisi's research lies at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on the reconstruction of background source galaxies that are distorted by gravitational lensing. As a master's student in Mathematics and Statistics at Montreal University and Mila, she is working under the co-supervision of Professors Yashar Hezaveh and Guy Wolf. Her academic achievements include a master’s degree in Financial Mathematics and an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics.