Michel Abdalla holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), as well as an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Since 2005, he has served as a senior researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He was also an adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at École Normale Supérieure until September 2021. Following a two-year tenure as a Staff Research Scientist at the DFINITY Foundation, Michel currently works as a Research Scientist at Nexus. In addition to his research roles, he serves as the president of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).