Kavya Prasad studied biotechnology at SRM University (currently SRM Institute of Science and Technology), Chennai, India and acquired a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology in 2016. She continued her studies in the Departments of Cell Biochemistry and Cryo Electron Microscopy at the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands where she received a M.Sc. degree in 2018. Kavya is currently pursuing Ph.D. research at the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Her Ph.D. project concerns novel applications of adenosine A2A receptor ligands for PET (positron emission tomography) imaging. The project involves imaging of allosteric interactions between adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors, and therapeutic benefits of A2A receptor ligands (in animal models of Parkinson's disease and of gliomas).