Faculty
Lead PI for 2025
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Ram Krishnan
Microsoft President's Endowed Professor
College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: Ram.Krishnan@utsa.edu
Lead PI, Retired 2024
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Ravi Sandhu
Professor Emeritus
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Ravi.Sandhu@utsa.edu
Co-PIs
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Nicole Beebe
Professor & Associate Vice President of Strategic Research Development
Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Email: Nicole.Beebe@utsa.edu -
Guadalupe Carmona
Professor and Executive Director of ConTex
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Email: Guadalupe.Carmona@utsa.edu -
Jeff Prevost
Associate Professor & Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship
College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: Jeff.Prevost@utsa.edu
Investigators
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Raymond Choo
Professor & Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship & Assistant Department Chair of ISCS
Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Email: Raymond.Choo@utsa.edu -
Mitra Bokaei Hosseini
Assistant Professor
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Mitra.BokaeiHosseini@utsa.edu -
Palden Lama
Associate Professor
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Palden.Lama@utsa.edu -
Jianwei Niu
Professor & Dean of University College
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Jianwei.Niu@utsa.edu -
Anthony Rios
Assistant Professor
Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Email: Anthony.Rios@utsa.edu -
Rocky Slavin
Assistant Professor
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Rocky.Slavin@utsa.edu -
Xiaoyin Wang
Professor
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Xiaoyin.Wang@utsa.edu
Former Investigators
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Yusheng Feng
Formerly: Professor
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Email: Yusheng.Feng@utsa.edu -
Elizabeth Pate
Formerly: Professor
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching -
Shouhuai Xu
Formerly: Professor
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Email: Shouhuai.Xu@gmail.com -
Meng Yu
Formerly: Associate Professor
College of Science, Computer Science
Email: myu@uwf.edu
Staff
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Arielle Benjamin
Administrative Associate II
Email: Arielle.Benjamin@utsa.edu -
James Benson
Assistant Director of Cloud Security & Privacy Research
Email: James.Benson@utsa.edu -
Farhan Patwa
Associate Director and Chief Architect
Email: Farhan.Patwa@utsa.edu -
Daniel Sigala-Aguayo
Systems Analyst I
Email: Daniel.Sigala-aguayo@utsa.edu
Consultants
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Kurt Steuck
External Evaluator
Web: Steuck & Associates
Scholars
Doctoral
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Calix Barrus
College of Science
Advisors: Xiaoyin Wang, Jianwei Niu -
Gabriel Morales
BS Computer Science, UTSA
College of Science
Advisor: Rocky Slavin -
Turquoise Richardson
MS Cybersecurity, UTSA
BBA Cybersecurity, UTSA
Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Advisor: Nicole Beebe -
Van Trieu-Do
MS Mechanical Engineering, UTSA
BS Chemistry and Biochemistry, UTSA
Klesse College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Yusheng Feng
Masters
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Alexis Gomez
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, UTSA
College of Science
Advisors: Artyom Grigoryan -
Paulina Salinas
MSc in Computer and Electrical Engineering, UTSA (May 2024)
College of Science
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
Alumni
Doctoral
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Patricia Akello
PhD Information Systems and Cyber Security, UTSA (Aug 2022)
Carlos Alvarez College of Business, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Advisor: Raymond Choo
Understanding Cyber Security Threats in Cloud-Based Shadow IT Work-From-Home Applications Using the General Strain Theory -
Abdullah Al-Alaj
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (Aug 2020)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu and Ram Krishnan
Role Based Access Control for Software Defined Networking: Formal Models and Implementation -
Richard Alvarez
PhD Information Systems and Cyber Security, UTSA (Sum 2024)
College of Business
Advisor: Nicole Beebe -
Safwa Ameer
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (Aug 2021)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisor: Ravi Sandhu
User-To-Device Access Control Models for Cloud-Enabled IoT With Smart Home Case Study -
Eric Ficke
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (May 2022)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisors: Ravi Sandhu, Shouhuai Xu
Reconstructing Alert Trees for Cyber Triage -
Beatriz A. Galarza
PhD Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, UTSA (Aug 2023)
College of Education and Human Development
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
Epistemic Network Analysis to Study Gender Equity in Cyber Security: Women's Contributions to Computational Thinking in Model-Eliciting -
John Heaps
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (Aug 2020)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisor: Jianwei Niu
Code Element Vector Representations Through the Application of Natural Language Processing Techniques for Automation of Software Privacy Analysis -
Randy Klepetko
PhD Electrical Engineering, UTSA (Dec 2022)
College of Engineering
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
CNN Analysis on Security Data: Deriving Natural Order in a Nonnatural World -
David Rodriguez
PhD Electrical Engineering, UTSA (Aug 2023)
College of Engineering
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
Towards Security and Privacy Enhanced Deep Neural Networks -
Rodney Rodriguez
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (May 2022)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisor: Xiaoyin Wang
Static File Path Analysis for Reliable Resource Locating -
Mehrnoosh Shakarami
PhD Computer Science, UTSA (May 2022)
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisor: Ravi Sandhu
Operation and Administration of Access Control in IoT Environments
Master
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Victor Alejandro
MS Information Systems, UTSA (May 2021)
Carlos Alvarez College of Business
Advisor: Nicole Beebe -
Kyle Everett
MS Computer Engineering, UTSA (Dec 2020)
College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Jeff Prevost -
Gerardo "Gerry" Hernandez
MS Information Systems (May 2021)
BBA Cyber Security, UTSA
BBA International Economics, Texas A&M International University - Laredo
Carlos Alvarez College of Business
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
Bachelor
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Christopher Terrazas
BA Interdisciplinary Studies, UTSA (May 2018)
College of Education and Human Development
Advisor: Elizabeth Pate and Guadalupe Carmona
Nondoctoral Graduate
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Kimberly Doan
BS Computer Science, UTSA
College of Sciences, Computer Science
Advisor: Shouhuai Xu -
(Brian) Keith Turner
MBA, DePaul University
BS Electrical Engineering, UTSA
College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
iSTEM Graduate Certificate
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Yolanda Corona-Smith
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
High School: Harlan High School -
Justin Gomez
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
High School: (Previously) Northside School of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, (Currently) Northside Independent School District -
Juan Guerrero
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Advisor: Elizabeth Pate and Guadalupe Carmona
High School: Warren High School -
Don Morrison
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
High School: Warren High School -
Jennifer Schmerber
College of Education and Human Development, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Advisor: Guadalupe Carmona
High School: Taft High School
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Sherifdeen Lawal
Electrical and Computer Engineering, December 2021
Advisor: Ram Krishnan
Policy Review in Attribute-Based Access Control
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Mahmoud Abdelsalam
Formerly: Postdoc
College of Science, Institute for Cyber Security
Web: Dr. Abdelsalam's LinkedIn Profile
Email: mabdelsalam1@ncat.edu -
Safwa Ameer
Formerly: Postdoc
College of Science, Institute for Cyber Security
Web: Dr. Ameer's Linkedin Profile
Email: Safwa.Ameer@utsa.edu -
Maanak Gupta
Formerly: Postdoc
College of Science, Institute for Cyber Security
Web: Dr. Gupta's LinkedIn Profile
Email: mGupta@tntech.edu -
John Heaps
Formerly: Postdoc
College of Science, Institute for Cyber Security
Web: Dr. Heaps' UTSA Profile
Email: John.Heaps@utsa.edu
