Dr. Iyer is the Director of Use-inspired Biomaterials and Integrated Nano Delivery (U-BiND) Systems Laboratory and an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He also serves as a Scientific Member of the Molecular Imaging Program (MIP) at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Dr. Iyer received his PhD in 2008, in Polymer Engineering, under the mentorship of world-renowned scientist and 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nominee, Prof. Hiroshi Maeda at Sojo University in Kumamoto, Japan. Dr. Iyer was the recipient of the Controlled Release Society's (CRS) T.

Nagai Research Achievement Award in 2012. Dr. Iyer completed his postdoctoral training in Cancer Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in California, USA. In 2018 Dr. Iyer received an Early Career Investigator Award from the US Department of Defense (DoD). Dr. Iyer has authored more than 100 publications in peer reviewed International Journals (H-index:45), and books of high repute. He has more than 200 scientific presentations and invited talks at International Conferences and Workshops.

He has five patents issued/pending. His areas of research are broadly focused on designing use-inspired bio- and nano-medical technologies aimed towards clinical translation using biocompatible delivery systems that have enhanced disease targeting with reduced toxicity burden to patients. He has wide expertise in biomaterials and nanomedicine, polymer chemistry and formulation development, drug and gene delivery systems, molecular and functional imaging, micro and nanoparticles for treating diseases such as infection,cancerand age-related dementia. His laboratory is funded by agencies such as National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Defense.