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Employment

Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of South Florida
2023 – present

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of South Florida
2020 – 2023

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of South Florida
2015 – 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo
2014 – 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2011 – 2014

Education

Ph.D., Computational Number Theory
École Polytechnique, 2010

M.Sc., Computer Science
École Normale Supérieure, 2007

M.Sc., Engineering
École des Mines de Paris, 2007

B.Sc., Computer Science
Université Paris 7, 2005

B.Sc., Mathematics
Université Paris 7, 2004

Administrative Positions

Director, Center for Cryptographic Research
University of South Florida
2020 – present

Co-Founder, Quantum Initiative
University of South Florida
2021 – present

Director, NSF Research Training Group (RTG)
University of South Florida
2024 – present

Director, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
University of South Florida
2023 – present

Director, CodeBreakHERs Summer Program
University of South Florida
2019 – present

Visiting Positions

Adjunct Professor, Computer Science
University of Calgary
2023 – present

Courtesy Faculty, Computer Science & Engineering
University of South Florida
2019 – present

Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
Summer 2022; Spring 2020

Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney
2010 – 2011

Awards

Outstanding Research Achievement Award
University of South Florida
2026

Killam Laureate (Killam Visiting Scholar)
Killam Trust
2025

Fulbright U.S. Scholar
U.S. Department of State
2023

Outstanding Research Achievement Award
University of South Florida
2020

Outstanding Faculty Award
University of South Florida
2020

Partnership & Innovation Award
Florida High Tech Corridor
2020

NSF CAREER Award
National Science Foundation
2019

Federal Funding

REU Site: Cryptography, Coding Theory, and Quantum Computing at the University of South Florida
Role: PI — NSF Award #2548160
2026 – 2029
$471,375

RTG: Applied Algebra at the University of South Florida
Role: PI — NSF Award #2342254
2024 – 2029
$2,497,545

REU Site: Cryptography and Coding Theory at the University of South Florida
Role: PI — NSF Award #2244488
2023 – 2027
$447,000

SaTC: CORE: Small: Applications of Galois Theory to the Search for Non-Linear Functions
Role: Co-PI — NSF Award #2127742
2021 – 2025
$500,000

CAREER: Algebraic Methods for the Computation of Approximate Short Vectors in Ideal Lattices
Role: PI — NSF Award #1846166
2019 – 2025
$458,000

EAGER: Quantum-Safe Cryptosystems Based on Isogenies
Role: PI — NSF Award #1839805
2018 – 2021
$232,269

Tools for the Standardization of Post-Quantum Cryptography
Role: PI — NIST Award #60NANB17D184
2017 – 2021
$498,860