Dr Shruti Desai is a postdoctoral researcher and Cellular Bioenergetics group member at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center within the Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine (RCMM). Here, she works alongside mitochondrial experts on clinical care, diagnostics and fundamental research to conduct morphofunctional in vitro studies in living and fixed cells using super-resolution analysis of mitochondria. On September 24, 2020, Shruti responded to questions about her work for the Neuronet project (https://www.imi-neuronet.org/) as part of their series of interviews where they shine a spotlight on early-career investigators. Read the entire interview here.