I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Duke University. I am also honored to be named as a Duke Science and Technology Scholar.
My research is broadly at the intersection of security and privacy, and human-computer interaction. My work has been published at flagship venues in security (IEEE S&P, SOUPS) and human-computer interaction and social sciences (CHI, CSCW) and covered by multiple outlets, including Wired and the Wall Street Journal. On the policy and advocacy front, I have been working closely with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Consumer Reports, and the World Economic Forum to inform their efforts toward designing usable and informative security and privacy labels for smart devices.
Prior to joining Duke, I was a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Computer Science at University of Washington (UW), working with Prof. Yoshi Kohno and Prof. Franzi Roesner. I received my PhD and MSc in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) under Prof. Lorrie Cranor and Prof. Yuvraj Agarwal in 2020 and 2018, respectively. Prior to CMU, I received my BSc in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran in 2015, where I was advised by Prof. Ali Movaghar.
I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join my lab. If you are interested, please email me with your detailed CV, and a brief description of your research achievements and goals.
Best Paper Award
Over the years, I have worked with many amazing, smart, and creative undergraduate and graduate students at CMU and UW, including: