The Team

After completing his master's in India, Dr. Iyer pursued Ph.D. opportunities abroad to no avail. Joining as a research assistant at JNCASR under Prof. Sebastian C. Peter, he focused on synthesizing and characterizing intermetallics and organic-inorganic materials. This research yielded several publications, securing him a position at the University of Alberta, Canada under Prof. Arthur Mar. 

Dr. Iyer focused on developing rational synthetic design principles for new chalcogenides to study their optical and magnetic properties. Moving to Canada, brought challenges -  cold, language, teaching.  A supportive scientific community aided his growth both personally and professionally.  

His postdoctoral research at UC Riverside under Prof. Boniface Fokwa and Northwestern University under Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis focused on muti-group collaborations resulting in new synthetic methodologies and structural stabilization of the highest-performing nonlinear optical materials. 

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