May.2024 - PRESENT
Research Scientist
Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI)
College Station, TX, USA
Sep.2023 - Apr.2024
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems (LIDS)
Cambridge, MA, USA
Aug.2017 - Aug.2023
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University (TAMU)
College Station, TX, USA
Advisor: Dr. P. R. Kumar
Research Vision: Secure and Resilient Autonomy for a Connected Future
My research stands at the intersection of Control Theory and Network Infrastructure, aiming to pioneer the security and resilience of next-generation Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Agentic AI.
Core Strategic Pillars:
Architecting Composable Resilience: I develop frameworks where security and trustworthiness are modular, dynamic properties, enabling complex networked agentic systems to remain secure and resilient under harsh and adversarial conditions.
Control-Theoretic Zero-Trust Security: My work integrates zero-trust architecture (ZTA) with rigorous control laws to ensure physical safety, even when individual network nodes, sensors, or actuators are compromised .
Experimental Validation via Autonomous Testbeds: I bridge the gap between theory and practice by validating breakthroughs on high-fidelity testbeds featuring UAV/UGV swarms and VICON-integrated environments.
The mission of my research is to provide the fundamental scientific and engineering solutions necessary for building a trustworthy and autonomous global infrastructure.
Research Areas:
Cyber-Secure and Resilient Networked Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
Security and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Composable Resilience for Agentic AI
Network Security and Zero-Trust Architectures
Chair
CRAI 2026: The 1st International Workshop on Composable Resilience for Agentic AI
Co-located with the 56th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2026)
Reviewer (Journal)
[Cyber-Physical Systems]
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J)
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (TICPS)
Journal of Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems (IOTCPS)
[Power & Energy]
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics (OJPEL)
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (IJEPES)
Journal of Electric Power Systems Research (EPSR)
Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (SETA)
[Robotics & Vehicular Technology]
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (ROBOT)
[Computing & Systems]
Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC)
Journal of Electronic Science and Technology (JEST)
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM)
Journal of High-Confidence Computing (HCCOM)
Reviewer (Conference)
IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WF-PST)
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)