Ritu's research is on paleoecology of brachiopods and other Paleozoic marine invertebrates.  She has published on the paleoecology and evolution of Devonian atrypids from North America.  After obtaining her PhD at IU she taught at City University in New York before joining Wiley in 2013.  She is now editor of the American Geophysical Union's book series, which is publisehd through Wiley.