She received a BA from the University of Chicago, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from MIT, all in Physics. She was a postdoctoral researcher in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where she won a L'Oréal For Women in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), and a TR35 Award. She has co-authored over sixty journal articles and three book chapters.