Megan Nyre
R&D Cybersecurity Researcher - Principal at Sandia National Laboratories
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolMegan Nyre is a Principal R&D Cybersecurity Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories with 11 years of experience focused on human factors in cybersecurity, human-machine teaming, and human-centered design for software assurance. She applies operational human factors research methods and qualitative approaches to make formal methods and security analysis more usable for developers and system designers. Megan holds a PhD from Purdue University, where her advanced training underpins her blend of rigorous research and practical engineering. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she translates academic insight into actionable guidance for high-assurance systems. Notably, she emphasizes reducing cognitive friction in security tools—an often-overlooked lever for improving real-world security outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Purdue UniversityGithub contributions (5)
mnyre/mnyre.github.io
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:27 pushes in 3 months
mnyre/yijisoo.github.io
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 months
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