Markita del Carpio Landry is a physicist, neuroscientist, and plant biotechnologist whose research combines nanotechnology, imaging, and neurobiology. She is best known for developing nanosensors that monitor neurotransmitter dynamics in the brain, providing new tools to study dopamine and serotonin in real time. Her interdisciplinary work spans physics, chemistry, and biology to create technologies for probing and manipulating neural circuits, and for genetic engineering of agricultural crops. Landry is Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, of Neuroscience, and of Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. She has received over 40 career awards and serves on the scientific advisory board of numerous biotechnology companies.