She received her undergraduate degree in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Madras, India, and her Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. She then earned her Doctorate of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She continued her postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern in the Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Nephrology. Her research is centered on understanding Klotho biology and its role in pathophysiology of chronic lung disease.