Hana graduated with her Ph.D. from Wolynes group, a theoretical and computational biophysics research group at the Rice University CTBP. She used theoretical models and computational techniques to better understand how evolution has optimized protein function and design, and to use evolutionary information to better refine protein structure predictions. 

Her thesis, titled "Evolutionary Fitness of Non-Coding Genetic Elements," examined the evolutionary fitness of pseudogenes and exons. Since graduating, she has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Baylor College of Medicine.