Prasad Thota is originally from Andhra Pradesh in India where he did his undergrad in Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. After which, he worked as a Research Assistant for one and a half years under Dr. Satish Regonda at IIT Hyderabad on the project titled "Understanding Space-Time Variability of Climate Extremes for Societal Resiliency in Indonesia and India". Prasad earned his PhD from CU Boulder in 2024. He works with Imtiaz Rangwala to support research and data/tool development for the NC CASC Climate Science Support Platform.