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Savitri Iyer, known professionally as Savi Iyer, serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the State University of New York College at Geneseo, a role she assumed in 2023 after joining the faculty as an Adjunct Lecturer in 1993. Her academic career at Geneseo progressed steadily: Visiting Assistant Professor (1994-1995 and Spring 1996), Assistant Professor (1996-2003), Associate Professor (2003-2010), and Professor since 2010. Iyer has undertaken significant administrative responsibilities, including Dean of Curriculum and Academic Services (2012-2016), Interim Dean of the College (2011-2012), Rotating Associate Dean of the College (2009-2011), Assistant Provost for Curriculum and Assessment (2016-2017), Interim Chair of the Department of Art History (2012-2015), Interim Chair of the Department of Mathematics (2022-2023), and holder of the Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Supported Professorship (2022-2025). She also served as a Visiting Research Associate at Duke University in 2005 during sabbatical. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Physics with specialization in General Relativity from the University of Pittsburgh (1993), M.S. in Physics from Iowa State University (1989), M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (1986), and B.Sc. in Physics from Meenakshi College, University of Madras (1984). Throughout her tenure, she has taught a wide variety of physics courses and mentored undergraduate students in research.