Her research focuses on application of electrokinetics for microfluidic bio-separations of infectious cells and rare-earth elements suited for designing lab-on-a-chip systems. Before joining UI, she was an assistant research professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University from 2010 to 2013. She obtained her doctorate in chemical engineering at Mississippi State University in 2010. Srivastava is an active member of AIChE, AES, ASEE, SWE and Sigma-Xi.