Education
University of Waterloo
Doctor of PhilosophySep 2015 – Oct 2023
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Computer ScienceSep 2012 – Aug 2015
Honours, with Distinction
Publications
Astrape: Anonymous Payment Channels with Boring Cryptography
Applied Cryptography and Network Security: 20th International Conference (ACNS 2022)Jun 2022
w/ Ian Goldberg, Sergey Gorbunov, Raouf Boutaba
Melmint: trustless stable cryptocurrency
Cryptoeconomic Systems 2020 (CES 2020)Mar 2020
w/ Raouf Boutaba
Elasticoin: Low-Volatility Cryptocurrency with Proofs of Sequential Work
2019 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2019)May 2019
w/ Raouf Boutaba
Bitforest: A Portable and Efficient Blockchain-based Naming System
2018 14th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM 2018)Nov 2018
w/ Raouf Boutaba
Conifer: Centrally-Managed PKI with Blockchain-Rooted Trust
2018 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2018)Aug 2018
Professional Experience
Mel (Themelio Corporation)
Oct 2020 – present
Gephyra OÜ
Jan 2017 – present
Languages
Mandarin ChineseNative
EnglishC2 / full fluency
JapaneseB2 / limited proficiency