Shalini Prasad is a Cecil H. and Ida A. Green Professor of Systems Biology and Department Head for Bioengineering at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Prasad is the Director of the Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Laboratory at UT Dallas, which develops novel sensor technologies ranging from wearable technologies and portable diagnostics to defense and environmental monitors. Her laboratory studies human host response in context to multiple disease models. Her research work has been supported by several federal and state agencies, as well as foundations and corporate entities. She is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the International Institute of Advanced Materials, and the Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening. She was the recipient of the 2024 Tech Titans Tech Inventor Award, the 2024 Dallas Business Journal Woman in Tech Award, and the 2021 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime achievement award for her contributions to higher education and entrepreneurship.