Valeria joined the faculty at Michigan after being in the Advanced Technology Group of Synopsys for four years as a lead developer of Vera and Magellan, two popular verification tools. Valeria serves in several conference program committees, including DATE, DAC and ICCAD, and she is an Associated Editor for the IEEE Transactions on CAD. In 2005, she authored a book on symbolic simulation. In addition, she has been leading the effort for the development of the verification section in the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors report since 2004. She received her M.S. and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1998 and 2003, respectively. Valeria is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and of the University of Michigan EECS Department Outstanding Achievement award.