Kiran Iyer

Kiran Iyer is a Senior Scientist at Pfizer since August 2020, bringing extensive experience in chemical engineering and computational systems. Previously, Iyer served as a Computer Systems Administrator and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where responsibilities included managing high-performance computing servers and conducting molecular simulations. An internship at Aspen Technology involved benchmarking software for performance enhancements, while earlier roles included research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, focusing on gas phase experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations. Iyer began the professional journey with in-plant training at Lubrizol India Pvt Ltd and TechNova Imaging Systems, contributing to various engineering projects. Kiran Iyer holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Bachelor’s degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology.