Pratishtha Agnihotri is an Assistant Research Technologist in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research specializes in silicon photonics, with a particular focus on design-for-test (DFT) architectures, and testing methodologies for photonic integrated circuits.
She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Utah, where her dissertation focused on developing robust and scalable test solutions for silicon photonic systems. She holds a Master’s degree in Microelectronics from the Institute of Engineering & Technology, India, and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Pratishtha has presented her research at leading international conferences, including ITC, ETS, and LATS. Her professional experience includes research internships at Nokia and Raytheon Technologies, where she worked on tunable optical filters and heterogeneously integrated modulator design. Prior to her Ph.D., she also served as a lecturer for undergraduate students in the Electronics and Communication Engineering department in multiple colleges in India.