Dr Mehmet Sabir Kiraz is a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Cyber Security at De Montfort University, UK, where he has been working since November 2018.
He received his BSc in Mathematics from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, in 2000, followed by an MSc in Computer Science in 2003, with research undertaken at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany. He obtained his PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2008, with a thesis entitled "Secure and Fair Two-Party Computation". In March 2017, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor in Cryptography, Algebra and Number Theory by the Inter-University Council of Turkey.
His professional experience spans both academia and industry. He worked as a software engineer at Pamukbank and Yapı Kredi Bank between 2000 and 2002, followed by positions at Philips and TomTom in the Netherlands between 2008 and 2010. From 2010 to 2018, he served as a Chief Researcher at TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, where he founded and directed the Blockchain Research Laboratory between 2017 and 2018. He also held Visiting Lecturer positions at Middle East Technical University and Istanbul Şehir University during this period.
His research interests include cryptography, secure multiparty computation, zero-knowledge proofs, privacy-enhancing technologies, blockchain security and cryptographic protocols.
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