Outreach

Selected Media

1. OpenAI breakthrough triggers ‘existential crisis’ in math
   Science · September 15, 2026 · Quoted

   On equitable access to AI tools and computing resources for the next generation of researchers.

2. Quantum Scientists Have Built a New Math of Cryptography
   Quanta Magazine · July 25, 2025 · Research feature
3. Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation for Quantum Secrecy
   Quanta Magazine · June 3, 2024 · Quoted

Interviews and public conversations

1. Quantum information and cryptography for young readers
   Muse · 2023

   An interview introducing quantum information and cryptography to middle school audiences.

2. Theoretical Quantum Cryptology
   Entangled Things · Episode 47 · 2022

   A conversation about theoretical cryptography, multiparty computation, and simulation in cryptography.

Mentoring and broadening participation

2025

NSF CSGrad4USMentored returning students through CS PhD applications and school selection.

2023–2025

CS STARSMentored undergraduate researchers through the Student Ambassadors/Research Scholars program.

2024

CrossFyrePanelist at the workshop for cryptography researchers.

2019

Rising Stars in EECSMentor and panelist at the workshop at Illinois.

2021–23,
2024–25

Broadening Participation in Computing CommitteeServed on the Illinois CS department’s policy, engagement, and creating safe spaces subcommittees.