She completed her Ph.D. in the department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2013. Her research interests include the use of analytic modeling and detailed analysis in computer architecture to understand current architectures, discover solutions to emerging issues, and develop new architectures. She was the recipient of the Cisco Systems Distinguished Graduate Fellowship award in 2012. She is an author of an IEEE MICRO Top Picks paper and a CACM research highlights paper.