She joined this department as an Assistant Professor in August 1998. Prof. Richa received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. She also earned an M.S. degree in Computer Systems from the Graduate School in Engineering (COPPE), and a B.S. degree in Computer Science, both at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 and 1990, respectively. Prof. Richa's main area of research is in network algorithms. For more information, please visit http://www.public.asu.edu/~aricha.