Dr. Prineha Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences at UCLA where she leads an interdisciplinary group in theoretical and computational science. Prior to moving to UCLA, she was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science at Harvard University. Before starting on the Harvard faculty, Dr. Narang was an Environmental Fellow at HUCE, 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. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Narang’s work has been recognized by many honors, including APS’ Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, MRS’ Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award, Mildred Dresselhaus Prize, Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, an NSF CAREER Award, and being named a Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Her continued service to the community includes chairing the MRS Spring Meeting (2022) and the MRS-Kavli Foundation Future of Materials Workshop: Computational Materials Science (2021), and as an Associate Editor at ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.Dr. Narang is also the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aliro, a VC-backed US quantum network company. At Aliro, she spearheads the effort in quantum information, towards commercializing scalable quantum networks. Further, she has worked with various companies including Applied Materials and Northrop Grumman Corporation over the last years on building and expanding their quantum technology programs. Outside of science, she is an avid Ironman-triathlon racer and marathon runner.