Komal grew up in Karnal, India, a small city near Delhi. She earned her B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry from the University of Delhi and went on to complete her master’s degree in Chemistry at NIT Nagpur, where she worked on the utilization of lipase for C–C bond-forming reactions. In the Read de Alaniz group, she studies cyclopentadiene-based chemistry and materials, bringing together her interests in organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, and functional materials.