About

I am a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Derby, England.

Before joining UoD, I worked at Aberystwyth University. Previously, I served as an assistant professor at the department of computer science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Pakistan.

From 2009-2011, I was a PostDoc fellow at the e-security laboratory of Politecnico De Torino, Italy, where I was awarded the prestigious fellowship for young researchers for my postdoctoral research.

My research interests include applied cryptography, and security/privacy issues in distributed systems including IoT, cloud computing, blockchain and smart grids. My recent work has been on secure data aggregation in smart grids and the design of quantum-resistant distributed ledger. I am a senior member of IEEE and associate editor of IEEE Access.

Teaching responsibilities

I am the module leader of the following modules:

• Communication and Security Protocols (Level 5)
• Security Management (Level 6)
• Enterprise Security Management (Level 7)

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P. R. China
• MS in Computer Science from Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
• BS in Maths and Physics from University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan