Priyanka Bose
Principal Security Researcher at Palo Alto Networks
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolPriyanka Bose is a Principal Security Researcher based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience blending academic rigor and industry impact across systems and blockchain security. She holds a PhD from UC Santa Barbara and has a track record of finding and helping mitigate critical vulnerabilities in high-value codebases—from the Linux kernel to major smart contracts—using source audits, static and dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and threat modeling. At Trail of Bits she led end-to-end assessments and built advanced analysis tooling; she now focuses on breaking and securing PAN-OS at Palo Alto Networks. Priyanka’s background spans industry roles, research internships, and teaching positions across top institutions, giving her a rare ability to translate cutting-edge research into practical mitigations. Colleagues describe her work as both deeply technical and strategically minded, often surfacing subtle attack paths automated tools miss.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary, SCIENCE, 86.4%, Higher Secondary, SCIENCE, 86.4% at Barasat kalikrishna girls' high schoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at University of California, Santa BarbaraBachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Engineering, 9.05/10, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Engineering, 9.05/10 at IEMIndian Institute of Technology MadrasSeconday, Science, 89.4%, Seconday, Science, 89.4% at Barasat Kalikrishna Girls' High School
English, Hindi, Bengali
Github Skills (28)
static-analysis10
vyper10
solidity10
analyzer10
ethereum10
static-analyzer10
smart-contracts10
dependency-analysis7
code-security7
source-code-analysis7
code-analysis5
interop5
abstract-interpretation5
llvm4
frida4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
priyankabose/priyankabose.github.io
Nov 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:24 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
ucsb-seclab/sailfish
Feb 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.