Sankar Raju Narayanasamy

Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Dr. Sankar Raju Narayanasamy is a Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He leads strategic innovation across AI, next-gen biotechnology, autonomous instrumentation, and high-performance computing to enable rapid, data-driven countermeasure development and strengthen global biosecurity and national security.

He completed his doctoral studies in Physical Chemistry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) with joint supervision from Stanford University. Prior to his doctorate, he performed research at prominent institutions including the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, DESY (Germany), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His expertise spans technology development, multi-functional team leadership, structural biology, genomics, robotics, nanomaterials, microfluidics, AI, nanofabrication, biomanufacturing, non-proliferation, counterterrorism, and other advanced biodefense solutions.