Prasad Tetali

Prasad Tetali is the Alexander M. Knaster Professor and Department Head in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds adjunct professorships at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on Discrete Mathematics, Probability, and Theoretical Computing, with notable contributions to Markov chains, Isoperimetry, Combinatorics, and Algorithms. Tetali has served in leadership roles, including Program Director of the SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics and Director of the ACO Ph.D. Program at Georgia Tech. He is an AMS Fellow (2012) and SIAM Fellow (2009).

**Education**: Postdoc at AT&T Bell Labs; Ph.D. (1991) from NYU's Courant Institute; M.S. (1987) from the Indian Institute of Science. **Teaching**: Courses include Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Probability Methods in Combinatorics, and Information Theory. **Mentorship**: Advised 11 PhD students and hosted numerous postdocs, including notable figures now in academia and industry.

**Awards & Recognition**: Inaugural SIAM Fellow (2009), Inaugural AMS Fellow (2012). **Service**: Editorial roles at journals like SIAM J. on Discrete Mathematics and Random Structures & Algorithms. Organized workshops on topics like Submodularity and Computational Phase Transitions. **Grants & Collaborations**: Principal investigator on NSF-funded projects and contributor to collaborations in combinatorics, probability, and theoretical computer science.