- Published multiple papers in conferences and journals such as IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025, ICCVW 2025, ECAI 2025, IEEE CNS 2025, Usenix VehicleSec '25, IEEE CCNC, IEEE DSN, IEEE Access, IEEE IoT Journal, IEEE GLOBECOM 2024
- Received NSF CAREER Award ($600k) to make autonomous vehicles safer and more resilient against cyber threats
- Received Google-CAHSI Cybersecurity Curriculum Fellowship ($25k) to adapt and adopt cybersecurity curriculum at HSIs
- Received NIH AIM-AHEAD ABC-EE grant ($250k) to work on explainable AI/ML models to predict heart disease outcomes in Chagas Disease
Research Experience
- Lead, Cyber-physical System Security Lab
- Research focuses on securing cyber-physical systems (CPS) and AI/ML models used in critical infrastructure
- Domains include connected and autonomous vehicles, distributed systems, real-time embedded platforms, and healthcare
Education
- Ph.D., Systems and Computer Science, Howard University, Washington DC, 2019
- M.S, Electrical Engineering - Computer Systems, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, 2014
- B.S, Computer Science, Fountain University Osogbo, 2011
Background
Research interests include cybersecurity, security of AI/ML models, interpretability and bias in AI/ML, and privacy challenges in intelligent transportation, healthcare, and smart grid systems.
Miscellany
Develops and teaches practical, hands-on courses in information security, cloud computing, embedded systems, and computer network organization.