I build things. I like to be challenged. I go after hard software systems problems. I find peace in academic writing. I strive to be a successful entrepreneur. Ask me about my side projects and hacks.

I received my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC) under the mentorship of Konstantin Beznosov and Matei Ripeanu. My thesis presented one of the first security analyses of malicious socialbots on the web.

I'm interested in the security and privacy of social and information networks, with an emphasis on problems that broadly impact the way people use technology and the Internet.

1. AI Safety and Security (LLMs): Blackbox evaluation, poisoning attacks, fact checking, RAG for security, and secure agentic workflows.
2. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains: (Mis)use of Bitcoin, blockchain analytics, and smart contract security auditing.
3. Dark Web (over Tor): Structure and content analytics, marketplaces, and vertical web search.
4. Applied Cryptography: Mobile data-at-rest encryption and (mis)use of cryptographic APIs.
5. Web Automation: Socialbots, single sign-on, and privacy.