Nick Nikiforakis
Stony Brook University
Associate Professor
Dr. Nick Nikiforakis (PhD'13) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. He leads the PragSec Lab, where his students conduct research in cyber security, with a focus on web security, web privacy, DNS security, attack-surface reduction, and deception-based security. He is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed academic publications and his work is cited over 3,500 times. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award (2020), the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2020), as well as a range of other security-related and privacy-related awards by federal funding agencies.
