I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. My research interests include device security, secure computer architectures, network security, IP core design and integration, practical hardware security, and cryptosystems. As an undergraduate student, I was the recipient of the Best Paper Award in the 52nd Design Automation Conference as part of my work in hardware-assisted control-flow integrity systems, and a recipient of the A. Richard Newton Young Scholar Fellow award in the 52nd and 53rd Design Automation Conference. I was awarded the NSF GRFP in 2016 to pursue my graduate research interests under the supervision of Dr. Yier Jin at the University of Central Florida and later at the University of Florida. I am one of the three faculty mentors of the winning team at the Hack@SEC 2022 competition, a feat accomplished as a three way university collaboration between KSU, UFL, and UML; as well a member of winning teams in other security related competitions.
I strongly believe that the way to move forward towards the betterment of the world is through collaborative efforts, a philosophy influenced by my experiences in research. I use these experiences as means of motivating students to pursue their goals and aspirations, as well as to better themselves for a more integrated society.