I have submitted my PhD thesis as of April 30 2025 and I am looking for remote industry research and applied cryptography positions from mid-September 2025. My preference would be for an industry position, but I am open to postdoctoral roles as well. I am primarily interested in constructing practical, provably secure protocols; both in the post-quantum (isogeny and code-based) and classical (discrete-log-based) setting. My primary focus in my PhD thesis has been applying modern, succinct generic proof systems (zk-SNARKs) as a building block for efficient post-quantum protocols, such as verifiable random functions, signature schemes and more.
Experience: 3 years
Yearly salary: $0
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Residency: 🇿🇦 South Africa
Experience
Professional Teaching Fellow
University of Auckland 2024 - 2024
Teaching one third of COMPSCI 727: Cryptographic Management.
Cryptography Research Intern
Brave Software 2023 - 2023
Research and Implementation in protocols designed from Zero-Knowledge Proofs. Supported the design and rust implementation of a privacy preserving attestation protocol used in follow up Brave research. Presented two talks to the Brave research team on my research and our progress and findings. Accepted paper at Africacrypt 2024 based on this research.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Auckland 2022 - 2024
Tutoring, help sessions and grading courses in mathematics and computer science. GTA for various undergraduate courses ranging from 1st to 3rd year level in discrete mathematics and cyber security.
Doctoral Researcher
University of Auckland 2022 - 2025
Funded PhD research in post-quantum cryptography. In 3 years, published and presented peer-reviewed papers in top recognised international conferences and journals such as Asiacrypt and ACNS. As an independent PhD student, I was required to manage my own projects, including setting timelines, project proposals, coordination with collaborators, writing continuation reports, and scheduling meetings.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University of Canterbury 2020 - 2021
Tutorials, grading and help sessions in discrete mathematics courses. Tutored both MATH120, MATH220, in 2021 and 2022.
Software Engineer
Vanilla 2020 - 2025
Maintainer for WIDER internet usage analyser.
Process Operator
Fonterra, Clandeboye 2017 - 2020
Process operator in a high-throughput Mozzarella plant.
Skills
blockchain
crypto
cryptography
git
math
protocol
python
research
rust
technical-writer
zero-knowledge
security
