[1] Focusing on insect biomechanics,[2] she is an assistant professor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in invertebrate neurobiology.
[4] Mhatre's work has covered insect communication and biomechanics.
Some of her research has been focused on Black Widow spiders,[1] and she has been called a "Tree cricket Expert".
[5] Her work has had applications beyond spiders and insects to Tuvan throat singers, where she collaborated with a group to investigate how unique sounds were produced.
The Otomi tree cricket Oecanthus mhatreae was named in her.