Prior to joining Rutgers, he earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007 and a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay in 2001. His research interests are in computer security and software engineering. He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2010, two best paper awards at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference in 2008 and 2009, and a Rutgers Board of Trustees Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence in 2013.