Roles

I have held various research-oriented roles, in academia and industry. A selected set of these is listed below.

Professional

• Director of Science and Research at CybSafe Ltd. (2022-Present).
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2019-Present).
• Professional Member of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) (2019-2022)
• Research Advisory Group Member for CybSafe Ltd. (2019-Present).
• Professional Member of the British Computer Society (2015-Present).
• Member of the Security Awareness Special Interest Group (SASIG) (2017-Present).
• Member of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group (WG) 11.12 Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance (2018-Present).
• Member of IFIP WG 11.8 Information Security Education (2017-Present).

Esteem

• Appointed to Google.org and ECCRI European Cybersecurity Seminars Advisory Committee. (ECS) (2024-Present).
• Appointed as Scientific Advisor on The VOICE Survey. (VOICE) (2024-Present).
• Appointed to Chair The Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) Advisory Board. (RISCS) (2023-Present).
• Appointed to Advisory Group for the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council's (EPSRC) Digital Security and Resilience research theme. (EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan) (2022-2024).
• Appointed to the Ethics Board of the UK's National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) (2022-Present).
• Appointed to Advisory Board of Horizon Digital Economy Research, "Everything in Moderation: Trends and Challenges for online communities from public forums to end-to-end encrypted communication" project. (Everything in Moderation) (2022-Present).
• Appointed to the College of Peer Reviewers of the UK's National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) (2021-Present).
• Steering Committee of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM). More here.
• Associate Fellow of The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (2021-Present).
• Expert Fellow of The EPSRC-funded Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust Engagement NetworkPlus (SPRITE+) (2019-Present)
• Visiting Academic in Computer Science at the University of Oxford (2018-Present).
• Visiting Fellow in Defence and Security at Cranfield University (2017-Present).
• JR Fellowship in Science, Wolfson College, University of Oxford (2014-2018).
• EPSRC Rising Star in Research Award - Selected as a Rising Star within EPSRC's RISE awards campaign. RISE stands for Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers, and is an initiative by the UK funding body, EPSRC, to recognise outstanding researchers and their efforts. (2014)

Doctorate (PhD) Advisor / Examiner

• Temesgen Kitaw Damenu - Thesis title: Virtual reality-based cyber security awareness, University of Kent (2023-2026; PhD Panel) More here.
• Rodney Adriko - Thesis title: SMEs/SMBs and Cyber Insurance, University of Kent (2023-2026) More here.
• Thomas R Johansmeyer - Thesis title: Cyber Insurance, University of Kent (2023-2026) More here.
• Danni Zhang - Thesis title: Creating, regulating, and securing cyberspace: from AI governance, digital trade, to norm diffusion, Northeastern University London (2023-2026) More here.
• Clare Patterson - Thesis title: Human Factors in Safety and Cyber Security, University of Kent (2021-2025) More here.
• Sarah Turner - Thesis title: Supporting Home Users Engagement with Cyber Security: Families and IoT, University of Kent (2020-2023) More here.
• Keenan Jones - Thesis title: Cybercriminals Authorship Analysis, University of Kent (2019-2023) More here.
• Enes Altuncu - Thesis title: Detecting False Information, University of Kent (2019-2023) More here.
• Nandita Pattnaik - Thesis title: Security of the Connected Home, University of Kent (2019-2023) More here.
• Anjuli R. K. Shere - Thesis title: Internet of Things Threats to Journalists, University of Oxford (2019-2023) More here.
• Fatima Zahrah - Thesis title: Tackling Online Hate, University of Oxford (2019-2023) More here.
• Mariam Nouh - Thesis title: On Combating Online Radicalisation: A Framework for Cybercrime Investigations, University of Oxford (2015-2020) Final thesis.
• Meredydd Williams - Thesis title: Exploring the influence of privacy awareness on the privacy paradox on smartwatches, University of Oxford (2015-2018) Final thesis.

• PhD Thesis Viva Examiner at The University of Oxford, UK, The University of Nottingham, UK, University College London (UCL), UK, The University of Edinburgh, UK, Kings College London, UK, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, Cardiff University, UK, Northumbria University, UK, University of Plymouth, UK, University of Derby, UK, Malmo University, Sweden, Unisa, South Africa.

University

• External Examiner for PG and UG Crime Science programmes, University College London (2022-Present).
• External Examiner for Cyber Security programmes, Abertay University (2021-Present).
• External Advisor for MSc Information Security programme, Royal Holloway, University of London (2021-2021).
• Director of Public Engagement of the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) (2019-Present) More here.
• Supervisory Chair, University of Kent (2019-Present).
• Organiser for Kent Cyber Security Seminar Series, University of Kent (2019-Present).
• Research Member of Wolfson College Oxford (2018-Present).
• School of Computing Representative on the Kent Public Engagement with Research Network (KPERN), University of Kent (2018-Present).
• Editorial Board, Inspired Research Magazine, University of Oxford (2016-2018).

Service (Conferences, Journals) (short list)

• Area Editor of the Journal of Cybersecurity (2023-Present)
• Local Conference Chair of 17th International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2023) More here.
• General Chair of 15th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) 2021. More here.
• Associate Editor of Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP) (2021-Present)
• Guest Editor of IEEE Access, Special Issue on Secure communication for the next generation 5G and IoT networks (2019)
• Co-Chair for the 16th International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST) (2018)
• PC Member / Reviewer for: IEEE SPWs, SocInfo, IC2S2, HICSS, PST, STAST, ECCE, British HCI, C&S, IJHCS, CHB, IJHCI, JISA, and more.