I am an Assistant Professor at the Kahlert School of Computing and part of the Security/Privacy research cluster.

Research: I work on theoretical and applied cryptography, with an emphasis on developing privacy-preserving proof systems (e.g., zk-SNARKs), advanced digital signatures (e.g., adaptor signatures), and secure multi-party computation (e.g., coin-tossing), and exploring their applications in improving privacy, fairness, and accountability in blockchain and ML systems.

Education: Through 2020-2023, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CMU with Vipul Goyal and Elaine Shi. I received my Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara where I was advised by Stefano Tessaro and Huijia (Rachel) Lin, and got my undergraduate degrees from BITS Pilani Goa (spent a year at NUS Singapore with Prateek Saxena for my thesis).

Community Engagement: In July 2026, I was an invited panel speaker at the Council of State Governments (CSG) West Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, where I spoke on Preparing America's Post-Quantum Workforce as part of the Quantum Workforce Panel. I also served on the editorial committee for the Computing Research Association's 2026 CRA Summit Report.

Funding: Thanks to the National Science Foundation, Google Research, Stellar Development Foundation, Protocol Labs, and Utah's Center for Financial Technology and VPR Office for supporting my work!