She earned her PhD in Management from the Stern School of Business at New York University. She studies how interdisciplinary and culturally diverse teams collaborate to solve complex problems. She is also the recipient of numerous research awards including a major multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation focused on studying and facilitating the integrative capacity of interdisciplinary science teams through team training. She has published her work in journals such as American Psychologist, Group and Organizational Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Small Group Research. She has has provided training and education about the science of team science at various academic institutions around the country including the National Academies of Science, NYU’s Langone Medical Center, Stanford’s School of Medicine, and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.