Dhananjay Phatak

Dr. Dhananjay Phatak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He joined UMBC in 2000 and previously served as faculty at SUNY Binghamton. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a B.Tech. from IIT Bombay. His research focuses on Cyber Security, Computer Arithmetic, Cryptology, and Networking, with notable projects including the SMartER Power Grid and the Spread Identity paradigm.

His research interests span Cyber Security (including DDoS defense, hardware security, and SCADA systems), Network Architecture (e.g., dynamic address remapping), and VLSI implementations of cryptographic algorithms. He has received the NSF Career Award (1999) and led grants from NSF, GE, and Aether Systems. He collaborates with the Cyber Defense Laboratory (CDL) and has patented innovations in secure communications over power grids and network identity management.