Summary
Prahlad Routh is an AI/ML team lead and materials scientist who builds theory-driven, end-to-end ML pipelines for high-throughput spectroscopy and catalysis studies at synchrotron facilities. He combines a PhD-level background in materials science with 8+ years of industry experience developing multi-modal and generative models to invert spectroscopy into structure–property and nanoparticle heterogeneity insights. Previously he led data science at a legal-tech startup, shipping semantic search, recommendation, summarization and contract lifecycle products that translated business needs into deployable NLP solutions. A seasoned educator and mentor, he has taught interdisciplinary science seminars and supervised applied STEM training for students from high school to graduate level. Prahlad’s work uniquely spans hands-on spectroscopy and microscopy characterization, advanced ML (PyTorch) and product delivery, enabling translational R&D and commercial impact.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science, 3.93/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science, 3.93/4.0 at Stony Brook University
Hindi, English