Geetha R Dholakia

Geetha R Dholakia, Ph.D., currently serves as the Portfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures, where the focus is on fostering innovation and strategic partnerships within deeptech startups. Dholakia's experience includes previous roles as Portfolio Program Manager at TDK Ventures, where synergy opportunities between startups and business groups were identified and managed, and as a Technology Transfer Specialist at NASA Ames Research Center, supporting the SBIR\STTR program. Additional roles encompass consulting for SmallTech Consulting LLC, adjunct professorship and research at Santa Clara University, and various senior research scientist positions at NASA Ames Research Center. Dholakia holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science and an M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.