Hey there! I am a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond. I recently received my PhD from the Computer Science Department at CMU (advised by Bryan Parno). My research focuses on improving the security of practical software systems in fundamental ways by exploring the intersection of the fields of Security, Systems and Programming Languages. You can find some of my publications here.

When not working on research, I enjoy playing hacking contests called CTFs (as a member of PPP and MMM; and previously with InfoSecIITR that I co-founded while I was at IIT Roorkee), board games, writing, reading, music, open source development, and more.

Some people know me better by the handle "f0xtr0t".

The best way to reach me is by email (see the sidebar for my email ID).