She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1997 and 2000 as well as her M.S. in Geophysics in 2000, all from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research has focused on seismic hazard mapping for liquefaction and soil amplification, earthquake site response, validation of ground motion prediction equations, and assessment of regional wave propagation effects. She joined the editorial board of BSSA in August 2013.