Dr.  Vasudha Bharadwaj has worked with academic and technical writing in various capacities for over 25 years, and has a strong background in research development, project management, and multimodal communication. She started her career as an assistant editor with Oxford University Press, acquired a dual Ph.D. in English Literature and History from the University of Rochester, and was a Lecturer in the History department at the State University of New York at Albany. Her postdoctoral project at ETH Zürich was fully funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grant. Before she joined the Office of Research Development (ORD), Dr. Bharadwaj was a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Communication at Rice University for six years and ran her own proposal development and developmental editing consultancy. Over the years, she has worked on everything from dissertations, journal articles, and monographs to grant proposals submitted to foundations, international agencies, and federal agencies. In the Office of Research Development, she has served on teams that have submitted competitive proposals to NSF, NIH, NASA, DOD, DOE, DARPA ERIS video proposals, and more.

Dr. Bharadwaj is a member of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals, and the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI). B.A. and M.A., English (Hons.), Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University; M.A. English Literature, Delihi University; M.A. English Literature, University of Rochester; Ph.D., English Literature and History, University of Rochester; postdoctoral training, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.