Evan Johnson is an Assistant Professor at NYU. His research sits at the intersection of security, systems, and programming languages. In particular, his research goal is to design systems that provide strong formal safety guarantees for foundational code like compilers and operating systems—while still being practical enough to deploy in production. He received his PhD...
Brendan Sweezy is a Ph.D. student in the ECE department at NYU Tandon. Under the guidance of his advisor, Assistant Professor Brandon Reagen, he is researching computer architectures for accelerating cryptography and privacy preserving computation. Sweezy’s current focus is on developing hardware for zero-knowledge proofs, and specifically making anonymous proving possible for edge users. A...
Andrew Quijano is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering under the supervision of Professor Danny Huang. His research focuses on automated vulnerability injection and software security benchmarking. This work expands upon the Large-Scale Automated Vulnerability Addition (LAVA) framework originally begun by his first Ph.D. advisor, Associate Professor Brendan Dolan-Gavitt....
Meghna Manoj Nair is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate in the Privacy, Security & Automation Lab of NYU’s Center for Cybersecurity, working under the direction of Dr. Rachel Greenstadt. She completed her undergraduate studies in computer science at Vellore Institute of Technology in India, graduating as the 2nd rank holder in her department. She then...
Julia B. Kieserman, a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate at NYU Tandon, is interested in understanding how technology systems might impact human autonomy. Under the guidance of her advisor, Dr. Damon McCoy, she most recently worked on measuring the configuration of trackers on sensitive websites—a project that won Kieserman and her colleagues the 2025 Andreas Pfitzmann...
Md Raz is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, working under the direction of Dr. Ramesh Karri. His research interests focus on developing trustworthy hardware at both the PCB and ASIC levels, with an emphasis on integrating emerging technologies like Field Programmable Gate Arrays, additive manufacturing, and machine learning and /artificial intelligence....
Qianxi Chen is a Ph.D. student advised by Professor Justin Cappos, Prior to embarking on his graduate studies, Qianxi earned his B.S. in Computer Science at Tandon in 2024. His research interests include operating systems, system security, software supply chain security, and WebAssembly. His current doctoral work focuses on developing a single-process sandbox that will...
Minghao Shao is a NYU Abu Dhabi Global Ph.D. fellow and Google Ph.D. fellow in Privacy, Safety, and Security. A Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and NYU Abu Dhabi, he is co-advised by Professors Muhammad Shafique and Ramesh Karri. Minghao received his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Computer Science...
Jianqiao “Cambridge” Mo is a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University, where he is advised by Assistant Professor Brandon Reagen. His research focuses on hardware acceleration for cryptography, with an aim of advancing end-to-end data privacy and integrity. A recipient of the Dante Youla Award for Graduate Research Excellence in...
Meet Udeshi is a PhD student advised by Professors Farshad Khorrami and Ramesh Karri. His research interests include hardware, control system, and cyber-physical system security, dynamic binary analysis, and machine learning for security. In his PhD studies, he is designing dynamic analysis and runtime monitoring frameworks for the security of cyber-physical systems. A graduate of...