She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Western Institute of Technology in the Philippines, her M.S. in Hydrology and Water Resources from UNESCO-IHE in Delft, The Netherlands, and her Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Chu’s research expertise encompasses surface and subsurface hydrology, eco-hydrology/eco-hydraulics, soil-water interactions, stream bank processes, time series analysis, and global sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.