Hammad Mazhar

Hammad Mazhar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), affiliated with the College of Natural and Health Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Iowa and a B.S. in Computer Science from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. His research focuses on IoT Systems, Security, Privacy, and Formal Verification.

Professional experience includes roles as Co-Instructor at The University of Iowa (2023), Graduate Research Assistant (2016–2023), and Security Research Intern at Minim Inc. (2019). He has also served as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at LUMS (2014–2016).

His research emphasizes practical security solutions for IoT devices, including policy enforcement mechanisms, vulnerability analysis in enterprise networks, and characterizing smart home IoT traffic. Key publications include work on Maverick (a platform-agnostic IoT policy system) and studies on WPA2-Enterprise security flaws.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but his active publication record in top venues like WiSec, CCS, and INFOCOM highlights his contributions to cybersecurity and IoT research. Grant information is not detailed in the provided text.