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Dharmica Mistry (PhD) is an Australian scientist and entrepreneur. Mistry is co-founder and Chief Scientist of BCAL Diagnostics.

Early Life and Education
Mistry was born in England to Indian parents. She moved to Australia when she was six years old and lived with her family in Sutherland Shire, Sydney. Mistry attended primary school at Oyster Bay Primary School and then high school at Gymea Technology High School.

Mistry initially felt she would pursue a career in dietetics, however discovered an interest in microbiology. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Microbiology in 2007 at the University of Sydney. She then went on to complete a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine at Macquarie University, with a research focus on the identification and characterisation of breast cancer associated lipids found in hair.