Learn more about CS2 research students and their specialisms.
Current PhD students
Aksshar Ramesh
Research: Cyber hygiene in AI security
Supervised by: Professor George Loukas, Professor Manos Panaousis
Ahmed Ahmed
Research: Geometry-based post quantum cryptography
Supervised by: Professor George Loukas, Dr. Sadiq Sani, Professor Manos Panaousis
Olufunke Ajenifuja
Research: Age Verification in extended reality
Supervised by: Professor George Loukas, Dr. Riccardo Bovo, Professor Georgia Sakellari
Irina Cretu
Research: AI risk management
Supervised by: Professor Manos Panaousis, Dr. Sakshyam Panda
Emily Parsons
Research: Robust Cyber Risk Management for Domestic Environments
Supervised by: Professor Manos Panaousis, Professor George Loukas, Dr Georgia Sakellari
Google Scholar
Barnabe Malandain
Research: Behaviour Attribution of Advanced Persistent Threats for Early Detection, Access Mitigation and Control in cyber-physical systems
Supervised by: Dr Anatolij Bezemskij, Dr Georgia Sakellari
Antreas Pogiatzis
Research: Privacy Preserving Technologies for Big Data
Supervised by: Professor Georgios Samakovitis
Ruth Onafuye
Research: To what extent does domestic legislation and international standards in relation to the right to privacy and the rights related to personal security provide adequate guidance on the provision of CCTV cameras in care homes?
Supervised by: Professor Ozgur Cinar
Ryan Jenkins
Research: Superior recognisers of faces and voices
Supervised by: Professor Josh P. Davis
Anthony Yekovie
Research: Autonomous Safety and Security Validation System for Internet of Things Applications
Supervised by: Dr Sadiq Sani, Professor George Loukas
Muqaddas Naz
Research: Metamorphic Privacy Testing of Internet-based Messaging Applications
Supervised by: Dr Taimoor Khan, Professor George Loukas
Taofik Olajobi
Research: Explainable Protection of Conversational AI applications against Security and Privacy Threats
Supervised by: Dr Taimoor Khan, Professor George Loukas
Leonard Ikem
Research: Optimising Cyber Risk Management in the era of AI
Supervised by: Professor Manos Panaousis, Professor George Loukas, Dr Sakshyam Panda
Rahat, Alfaz Ahmed
Research: Decolonising AI safety research
Supervised by: Dr Fouad Bou Zeineddine, Professor George Loukas, Professor Sofia Stathi, Dr Sadiq Sani
Recent PhD alumni
Dr. Blessing Odeleye (2025)
Research: Addressing cyber security threats in virtual reality environments
Supervised by: Professor George Loukas, Dr Georgia Sakellari, Dr Ryan Heartfield
Dr. Dennis Ivory (2025)
Research: Human-as-a-security sensor in Internet of Things environments
Supervised by: Professor George Loukas
Google Scholar
Dr. Georgios Zachos (2025)
Research: Intrusion Detection for Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Network
Supervised by: Dr Georgios Mantas
Dr. Maria Papaioannou (2025)
Research: Secure and Usable User Authentication for Land and Sea Border Passenger Identification Mobile Devices
Supervised by: Dr Georgios Mantas, Professor Manos Panaousis
Dr. Filippos Pelekoudas Oikonomou (2025)
Research: An investigation to Enhance Security in IoT-based Health Monitoring Systems Using Blockchain Technology
Supervised by: Dr Georgios Mantas, Dr Georgia Sakellari
Google Scholar
Dr. Lal Akhter (2025)
Research: Research: Model-based Software Security Assurance
Supervised by: Dr Taimoor Khan, Professor George Loukas
Dr. Mohammed Ali Kazi (2024)Research: Detecting banking malware network communication traffic using machine learning Supervised by: Dr Diane Gan, Dr Steve Woodhead
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Dr. Damola Lawal (2024)
Research: An investigation into the credibility of digital forensics expert witnesses
Supervised by: Dr David Gresty, Dr Diane Gan