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Ghada Almashaqbeh is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Connecticut. She is affiliated with the Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC) and the Engineering for Human Rights Initiative. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University (2019), advised by Allison Bishop and Tal Malkin.
- PhD in Computer Science, Columbia University, 2019
- Member of Columbia's Cryptography Lab and Data Science Institute
- Former Cryptographer at NuCypher
- Co-founder of CacheCash, a startup based on her PhD research
- Scientific Advisor at Sunscreen and Melon
Her research focuses on cryptography, computer security, and privacy, particularly in blockchain-based systems and distributed protocols. Projects include secure sidechain frameworks for Web 3.0 scalability (chainBoost, EuroS&P 2024), privacy-preserving smart contracts via homomorphic encryption (EuroS&P 2023), timed cryptographic delegation (ISC 2024), and biochemical token-based cryptography (Eurocrypt 2022). Her work bridges theoretical rigor with practical implementations.
Key research areas include:
- Blockchain scalability and provable security
- Zero-knowledge proofs for privacy
- Cryptographic delegation mechanisms
- Biochemical security primitives
- Web 3.0 economic protocols
- Collateral management algorithms
Scientific honors include
- 2023 Foresight Institute Fellow
- 2023 TLDR Fellow at Uniswap Foundation
Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Protocol Labs, Uniswap Foundation, and the UConn Research Excellence Award. She actively recruits PhD students and postdocs for interdisciplinary projects combining cryptography, systems security, and blockchain innovation.
