She got her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University, winning the Chorafas International Award (2010), College of Engineering Best Dissertation Award (2010), and the Future Faculty Fellowship Award (2009). She did her Post-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where her work was supported by an American Heart Association award. Dr. Chaterji is also a technology commercialization enthusiast and has been consulting for the IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, since Spring 2014.