Darya Kaviani
Ph.D. Student at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDarya Kaviani is a security-focused researcher and engineer with eight years of experience bridging applied cryptography, blockchain systems, and usability-informed security research. Currently a Security Research Fellow at Anthropic and a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley advised by Prof. Raluca Ada Popa, she blends deep academic work with industry practice—from internships at Microsoft Research to engineering roles at startups like Opyn (acquired by Coinbase). Her background includes leadership of Blockchain at Berkeley and hands-on development across crypto tooling and HCI-informed security projects, reflecting a rare mix of technical depth and product-minded delivery. Darya’s trajectory shows a pattern of moving research into real-world impact, and she often operates at the intersection of privacy-preserving cryptography and usable security.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at UC Berkeley College of EngineeringArchbishop Mitty High School
Persian, English, French
Github Skills (61)
uniswap10
lattice10
solidity10
primitive10
padding10
exposure10
aes-gcm10
homomorphic-encryption10
financial9
blockchain9
ethereum9
mpc9
cryptocurrency9
smart-contracts9
encryption8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
daryakaviani/daryakaviani.github.io
Jul 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
daryakaviani/celo-micropayments
Oct 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:7 PRs, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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