I am an assistant professor in MIT's EECS department and a member of CSAIL. My research focuses on computer security, cryptography, and computer systems.
At MIT, I work with students and faculty in the PDOS and CSS research groups. I also co-host the MIT Security Seminar series.
A longer version of my bio is here.
I build systems that use cryptography to empower and protect their users. The projects that excite me the most: (1) serve the interests of the end user, (2) provide strong and precise forms of security, often using new cryptographic ideas, and (3) have impact through real-world deployment.
My recent interests include:
My group's research has influenced industry standards and deployments:
I have served on the program committees of USENIX Security 2025, Real World Crypto 2025, Real World Crypto 2024, Eurocrypt 2024, Real World Crypto 2023, Oakland 2023 (as an associate PC chair), Eurocrypt 2022, Oakland 2022, Oakland 2021, CRYPTO 2020, Oakland 2020, and CCS 2018. I am a co-organizer of the Charles River Crypto Day.
Before coming to MIT, I completed my PhD in computer science at Stanford, advised by Dan Boneh. I also spent one year as a postdoc at EPFL, hosted by Bryan Ford.
I graduated from Yale University in 2010 with a B.S. in computer science. Before that, I grew up in Berkeley, California and was a student at Berkeley High School.
A variety of companies and government agencies fund my group's research. See the "acknowledgements" sections of my papers for details on funding sources.