I am an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Dallas. I received a Phd and MS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, where my research was focused on studying the properties of wireless sensor networks. I was fortunate to be advised by Sirin Tekinay and Grace Guiling Wang, and I continue to be influenced by the ideas in network theory and graph theory that I learned during my time at NJIT. Previously, I received a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications (with distinction) from Manipal Institute of Technology in India. My interests in network science from a single elective called Mobile Networks that I took during my final year of my undergraduate education.

Research interests

My current research interests are in the areas of cybersecurity, network science, blockchain, and computational social science. I am interested in interdisciplinary research, and I have collaborated and published with fellow researchers in diverse areas. I am the co-recipient of the 2011 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations Award for research into the navigation behavior of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Teaching

At the University of Dallas’s Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business, I teach a variety of courses in the NSA-designated Master of Science in Cybersecurity degree program. Some of these courses include penetration testing, software development, and cybersecurity strategy. I am the recipient of the Haggerty Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Dallas, where my teaching has been lauded for exemplary classroom instruction, exceptional advising, and mentoring.

Professional Affiliations and Other Interests

I am a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of (ISC2) and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys). I hold a CISSP certification from the (ISC2).

Outside of teaching and research, I spend my time with my family, reading, gardening, and studying ancient languages.