Kirthika is currently a PhD candidate at Texas A&M University working under Dr. Linda Katehi. Kirthika got her Bachelors in Electronics and Communication from Anna University and Masters from San Diego State University. After Masters, she worked for Huawei, LitePoint and Intel and her job responsibilities included designing antennas, RF Front-end and RF packaging. Currently, her research interest includes CMOS circuit design for AI and Heterogenous Integration. She is fond of books, quotes, the TV show Friends and Badminton.