Karen Bailey

Karen Bailey is a Lecturer in Science and Computing in the Department of Life & Physical Sciences. Her research focuses on steganography, digital watermarking, and biometric data security, with contributions to signal processing and information security. She has published widely on techniques enhancing data protection in digital media and IoT environments.

Her work intersects interdisciplinary fields such as cybersecurity, blockchain applications in food traceability, and cryptographic methods for secure fingerprint imaging. Notable outputs include a 2023 paper on IoT trustless environments and a 2018 review on steganography in biometric data.

Bailey collaborates on global research projects, contributing to over 300 citations. Her recent studies explore blockchain's role in supply chain transparency and advanced steganographic methods for multimedia security.