Prasad Iyer
About Prasad Iyer
Prasad Iyer is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories with extensive experience in research and engineering roles across various organizations.
Current Title and Role
Prasad Iyer currently holds the position of Senior Member Of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been serving in this role since 2022 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Previous Positions
Before his current role at Sandia National Laboratories, Prasad Iyer served as a Technical Advisor at both Neurophos and Lumotive from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, he worked as a Sr. Lidar Systems Engineer at Lumotive in 2020 for a period of 4 months, and from 2018 to 2020, he was Lumotive’s Sr. Lidar Engineer, focusing on Photonic Design in Bellevue, WA.
Research and Academic Experience
Prasad Iyer has extensive research and academic experience. He was a Research Scientist at UC Santa Barbara from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, he worked as a Visiting Research Scientist at Northrop Grumman in 2017 for 4 months and as a Graduate Student Researcher at UC Santa Barbara from 2012 to 2018. Early in his career, he was an Undergraduate Research Assistant at The University of Akron in 2011, a Summer Research Intern at the Indian Institute of Science in 2009, and an Undergraduate Student at IIT Kanpur from 2008 to 2012.
Educational Background
Prasad Iyer has a well-rounded educational background. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Master’s Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, completing these programs between 2012 and 2018. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he studied from 2008 to 2012. He completed his High School education at St Thomas Residential School, attending from 1993 to 2007.