Padmini K U is a Research Associate at Prayoga, specializing in biocomposite materials, astrophysics, solid-state physics, quantum computing, and nanoscience. She holds a Master's degree in Physics from Maharani Cluster University, Bangalore. During her bachelor's degree, she worked on a DST-SERB-ECRA grant-supported project titled "Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Zinc-Antimonide Nanomaterial," which focused on developing zinc-antimonide nanomaterials for thermoelectric device applications, allowing her to gain hands-on expertise in nanomaterial synthesis. In her master's program, she contributed to a research project on the "Synthesis and Characterization of Poly Pyrrole," aimed at developing conductive polymer materials for potential electronic applications.