She serves as the director of the NeuroErgonomics Lab and Co-Director of the Texas A&M Ergonomics Center. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech (Human Factors), an M.S. from the State University of New York at Buffalo (Engineering Management), and a B.S. in Production Engineering from Mumbai University, India. Projects in her lab include both basic neuroergonomics research (brain-behavior relationships to understand impacts of aging, obesity, and depression on physical functioning) and applied human factors research (examining worker capabilities in complex human-machine systems).