Alessandra Scafuro

Alessandra Scafuro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on theoretical and applied cryptography, particularly cryptographic protocols such as zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and blockchain technologies. She bridges foundational theory with practical implementations to solve real-world security challenges.

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Salerno (2013)
• B.S., Computer Science, Technische Universität Wien (2008)

Research interests include:

• Design of modular and composable cryptographic protocols
• Privacy-enhancing techniques for blockchain systems
• Post-quantum secure cryptographic constructions
• Trust and anonymity in distributed environments

Recent publications explore anonymity in blockchain consensus, zero-knowledge arguments from blockchains, and secure computation paradigms. Her work is supported by grants from NSF, Horizen Labs, Protocol Labs, and Cisco Systems.

Dr. Scafuro actively mentors students and contributes to program committees such as EUROCRYPT 2024 and ACM CCS 2024. She leads the Mutually Accountable Anonymous Systems project within the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research Lab.