Aydin Abadi is a senior research fellow at the University College London (UCL) collaborating with Professor Steven Murdoch on the PAYMENT project.

His research interests include information security, privacy, and cryptography, with a focus on

• Blockchain Technology and its Applications
• Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC)
• Smart Contracts’ Design, Implementation, and Applications
• Private Set Intersection (PSI)
• Cloud computing’s Security

Prior to holding the research fellowship, he held lectureship and research associate (post-doctorate) positions at the University of Gloucestershire and Edinburgh respectively. He holds a Ph.D. in Secure Multi-party Computation, from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His webpage can be accessed here.