Shalini Prasad is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the department of Physics at Portland State University. Prior to UT Dallas, she worked as Research Assistant Professor and content expert in  Arizona State University, as an Assistant Professor in Portland State University and Wichita State University, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Dr. Prasad is the Co-founder of EnLiSense and is currently the Director of Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Laboratory, which mainly focuses on designing inexpensive portable devices and platforms for cellular and molecular diagnostics and therapeutics.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras, India and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Riverside.