She obtained a BA in Biochemistry at the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr Chu conducted post-doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley studying the molecular mechanisms of dosage compensation and sex determination using the model organism C. elegans. Her current work focuses on understanding how chromatin composition affects gene expression and chromosome dynamics during spermatogenesis. She is interested in characterizing evolutionarily conserved factors important for male fertility.