He received his Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). His main research interest lies in the area of Computer Security, with a primary focus in the field of security of mobile devices. In particular, he is interested in identifying novel security issues in these devices and applying both static and dynamic analysis techniques to detect vulnerable and malicious mobile apps automatically. He is also interested in developing new methods to analyze compiled binary code. More recently, he started exploring the security issues posed by IoT devices and their interaction with mobile applications.