She has worked in the Department of Radiology at Stanford University as a Research Assistant, a Research Associate, and as a Senior Research Associate. In 2011, Dr. Rieke accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in Residence at UCSF China Basin. She obtained her MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston in 1999, and she completed a Diversity Doctoral Fellowship in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2000, followed by her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2005.