She earned her B.S. in physics at the University of California at San Diego in 1991, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992 and 1998, respectively. Dr. Camarda's research involves computer simulations of black holes, neutron stars, and gravitational waves. Currently, she is particularly interested in the response of neutron stars to different types of small disturbances, and the corresponding effects on the gravitational waves they would produce.