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Jeyamohan Neera is an Assistant Professor and Programme Leader for the Networks and Cybersecurity programme at Northumbria University. Her research focuses on privacy-preserving technologies, online harms, and cybersecurity threats such as intrusion detection, APTs, social engineering, and mis/disinformation. She leads the institutional role as PI for the SPRITE+ funded project Fact-Chkd and contributes as Co-Investigator to EU-funded projects HarmonicAI (exploring privacy-aware AI models for digital health) and Digihealth-Asia (enhancing digital health capacities in Asia).
Her academic background includes a Computing PhD (2022) and membership in Northumbria’s Cybernets Research Group. She is an Expert Fellow for the Security Privacy Identity Trust in the Digital Economy (SPRITE+) initiative.
Key research interests span privacy-enhancing technologies, AI-driven cybersecurity solutions, and mitigating adversarial misuse of generative AI/LLMs for disinformation and social engineering attacks. Her work addresses real-world challenges such as securing mobile payment systems, improving recommendation system privacy, and developing explainable AI models for ransomware detection.
Recent projects demonstrate her expertise in interdisciplinary cybersecurity solutions, combining technical innovation with societal impact. Supervision includes PhD candidate Peter Smith exploring federated learning applications in balancing cybersecurity datasets.
Her contributions to EU-funded initiatives highlight her role in advancing digital health security and fostering international academic collaboration through capacity-building programs.
