Dr. Narasimha S. Prasad received his Ph.D. in nonlinear optics from the Klipsch Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University in 1994. He joined NASA Langley Research Center in 2004 as an Aerospace Technologist in the Laser Remote Sensing Branch of the Engineering Directorate. Previously, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Coherent Technologies, Inc, Louisville, CO (1997-2004) and a Senior Research Physicist at Petrolaser, Inc, Las Cruces, NM (1991-2004). Dr. Prasad has over more than 30 years of R&D experience. He has expertise in lasers, nonlinear optics, remote sensing systems and components, nanotechnology, spectroscopy, and optical instrumentation. He has been a Principal Investigator or Technical Lead on numerous NASA-sponsored projects. Currently, Dr. Prasad is leading several research efforts including the development of long-range coherent ladar for space surveillance of resident space objects, wind lidar architecture, and the development of novel nanotechnology-based material composites/alloys for thermos-electrics, electronics processors, radiation shielding, and ultra-high temperature environments. Dr. Prasad has published more than 175 papers, has 11 patents, and author of more than 25 technical reports. Dr. Prasad is a Senior Member of OSA and SPIE. He has won several performance awards including the NASA Innovator award (2023) and several distinguished performance awards and group achievement awards.
