Mohammad Shojafar (M'17-SM'19) is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Communication Systems within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Surrey , UK. He has secured over £1.9M in research funding as Principal Investigator for projects like ORAN-TWIN (EPSRC), PRISENODE (MSCA-IF), TRACE-V2X (MSCA-SE), and D-XPERT (Innovate UK), among others. Previously held positions include Senior Researcher at University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University, Senior Researcher at Italian universities (Telecom Italia Mobile), and Postdoc at University of Padua Key affiliations: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Green Communications and Networking, and Consumer Electronics Magazine Research Specialism: 5G/6G Security and Privacy Open-RAN Security Green Networking Adversarial Machine Learning Applied Cryptography Publication Trends: Focus on Open RAN security challenges (bearer context migration poisoning, KPI poisoning attacks), IoT/Fog security (GAN-based attacks, distributed intrusion detection), Lightweight Cryptography (multi-signature protocols, authentication schemes), and AI-driven Network Optimization (federated learning, reinforcement learning applications). Recent work addresses security in vehicular networks, smart grids, and video streaming frameworks. Scientific Recognition: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-GF-IF) Intel Innovator ACM Professional Member Sustainability Fellow at Institute for Sustainability IEEE Senior Member Supervision: Currently supervising 6 PhD students and has graduated 5 PhD/MSc students since 2021. Active in 5G/Open RAN security research with over 20 related publications since 2022.







