His research focuses on designing and building novel wireless systems. His work has been awarded the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, the SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award, ACM SIGCOMM 2008 Best paper award for ZigZag decoding, ACM SIGCOMM 2011 Best Paper Award for securing medical implants, and AT&T Applied Security Award for password-free wireless security. His work has appeared in venues like BBC, Washington Post, Wired, NBC News, Slashdot, Forbes, and Network World. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and a bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Madras.