Prineha Narang

Dr. Prineha Narang is an American scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur. Dr. Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences, and in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prior to moving, Dr. Narang was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Harvard University. Before starting on faculty in 2017, Dr. Narang was a Fellow at Harvard, and worked as a research scholar in condensed matter theory in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She received an M.S. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Her group, the NarangLab, works across areas of quantum photonics, non-equilibrium phenomena, and quantum information science. Dr. Narang is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Her work has been recognized by many awards and special designations, including the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in Physics, a Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from the APS, 2022 Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society, Mildred Dresselhaus Prize.