Subbu received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry in Chennai, India from Loyola College and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, respectively.  He received his Ph.D. from Tufts University in Boston in 2012. His work focused on the design and development of lipidated peptide therapeutics. He began a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab in 2013 and has been working on developing drug-like molecules for the treatment of angiogenic dependent conditions.