Joseph Bonneau
Associate Professor
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Bonneau is an associate professor and cryptography researcher with 12 years of experience bridging academic rigor and real-world security practice. Based at NYU’s Courant Institute and a research partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he focuses on cryptography, protocol design, and computer security while translating research into policy and product insights. His career spans top institutions—Cambridge, Stanford, Princeton—and industry roles at Google and Cryptography Research, giving him rare perspective on both foundational theory and deployed systems. He has experience advising NGOs like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and spent time in academia in Australia, signaling a commitment to public-interest technology and global collaboration. Known for turning complex security problems into practical protocols, he brings a blend of scholarly depth and industry pragmatism to research and mentorship. Outside the obvious credentials, his profile reflects a sustained pattern of moving between research, policy, and venture worlds to shape how secure systems are built and adopted.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Redwood High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of CambridgeMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Stanford University
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (28)
zcash9
key-management8
cryptography8
cryptocurrency8
public-key7
solidity7
certificate6
python6
passphrase5
diceware5
bitcoin5
letsencrypt5
stateless4
http4
acme4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jcb82/miningPlayground
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Class assignment to study Bitcoin mining strategies
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
bitcoin
jcb82/solidityAuctionHouse
Dec 2017 - Nov 2022
Starter code for Solidity programming assignment
Contributions:10 commits, 6 PRs, 22 pushes in 4 years 11 months
solidity
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