Summary
Michał Król is a researcher and academic leader with 12 years of experience at the intersection of future network architectures, decentralized Internet technologies and network security. As MSc Cyber Security (Apprenticeship) Programme Director and Senior Lecturer at City, University of London, he blends curriculum leadership with hands-on research in distributed ledgers, trusted execution environments and Internet measurements. He has held postdoctoral and visiting roles at UCL, UCLA and French institutes, co-founded a startup (DataHop Labs) to build novel consensus protocols based on useful work, and advises blockchain projects like Linera. Comfortable moving between academia, industry consulting and development, he combines deep protocol-level expertise with practical deployment experience. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of translating cutting-edge research into curriculum and product decisions that shape how the next generation of security professionals are trained.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master 2 (M2), Master 2 (M2) at Institut polytechnique de Grenoble
AGH University
English, French, Polish, German