Anahita has completed her MSc in Audiological Science at University College, London. After graduating in 2010 with a distinction, she worked as a research assistant at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham. She then joined a PhD programme in Auditory Neuroscience for which she received the UCL Overseas Research Scholarship as funding for all three years. She completed her PhD at University College London and worked at the University of Minnesota as a Postdoctoral Associate. Currently, she is Assistant Professor at University of Michigan.