Dr. Krishna Gnawali is a Senior Staff Engineer in R&D at Synopsys, Inc., where he develops the  cutting-edge Design-for-Test (DFT) architectures and flows for next-generation semiconductor devices. His research focuses on scalable and efficient test methodologies that address the challenges of modern IC design. Dr. Gnawali earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.