Education

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate in Computer Science

Stony Brook University
Cybersecurity Research under Prof. Nikiforakis at the PragSec Lab, SBU

2022 - Present

MSc in Computer Science

Stony Brook University

2022 - 2023

Research Assistant

Virginia Commonwealth University
Research at Modern Heuristics Research Group, VCU

2021 - 2022

BSc, MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Patras, Greece
Master's Thesis: Graph-based Malware Detection

2015 - 2020

Work Experience

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

May 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Bot and Fraud Detection Research and Development
  • Performed fraud detection research

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

May 2024 - Aug 2024
  • Bot and Fraud Detection Research and Development
  • Worked on bot behavior analysis and mitigation/detection techniques

Research Assistant — PragSec Lab, Stony Brook University

2022 - Present

Research Assistant — VCU Modern Heuristics Research Group

2021 - 2022
  • Cyber-Physical Intrusion Detection System for Solar Energy Power Plants
  • Cyber Attack Detection and Analysis for Wind Energy Power Plants
  • Development of Deepfake and Computer Generated Images and Videos Detection Tool
  • Infrared Image Classification via Transfer Learning
  • Virtual Reality Environment for Medical Operations & Surgeon Training

Social Media Administrator — VCU Cybersecurity Center

2021 - 2022

Intern — University of Patras Research Center

2020
  • Dynamic Analysis Malware Detection Platform
  • Malware Detection Tool Development
  • Work on Master's Thesis (Graph-based Malware Detection Methodologies)

Web Development & Security Consultant — Dr. Dimitriou, Mental Health Consultant

2018 - 2020
  • Web Design & Development
  • Secure and Usable Web Applications (GDPR, Secure transactions)
  • Social Media and Digital Marketing (Digital Advertising on Facebook and LinkedIn)

Invited Talks

Knocking on Admin's Door: Protecting Critical Web Applications with Deception

NSA/DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R)

May 22, 2025

Skills & Tools

Web Application Security & Active Defenses

Nginx Apache Openresty Mitmproxy Lua Docker Ansible NetData Honeypots Bot Detection

Penetration Testing & Digital Forensics

Burp Suite Hydra Wpscan Metasploit Hashcat Aircrack-ng Nmap Volatility

Malware Analysis & Detection

Hex Rays IDA Pro NSA Ghidra Radare VirusShare VirusTotal Ember Sophos Stratosphere IPS

Machine Learning & Deep Neural Networks

Tensorflow Pytorch Random Forest SVM Autoencoders CNN RNN GAN

Programming & Scripting

Python JavaScript SQL PHP C / C++ / C# Java DSP Assembly Git MatLab

Languages

English Proficient
French DALF C1
Greek Native
German