Researchers

Faculty 

• Dr. Ali Ghorbani, Professor, Director & Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, office GE128, ghorbani@unb.ca
• Dr. Rodney Cooper, Retired Professor, office IC320
• Dr. Suprio Ray, Associate Professor, 506-451-6961, office GC106, sray@unb.ca
• Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal, Associate Professor & NB Power Research Chair, kmandal@unb.ca 
• Dr. Saqib Hakak, Associate Professor, saqib.hakak@unb.ca
• Dr. Roozbeh Razavi-Far, Associate Professor, roozbeh.razavi-far@unb.ca
• Dr. Sajjad Dadkhah, R&D Team Leader (Assistant Professor) & Mastercard Research Chair, sdadkhah@unb.ca
• Dr. Windhya Rankothge, Research Associate, Windhya.Rankothge@unb.ca
• Dr. Kwasi Boakye-Boateng, Research Associate, Kwasi.Boakye-Boateng@unb.ca
• Dr. Arash Habibi Lashkari, Adjunct Professor, a.habibi.l@unb.ca
• Dr. Xichen Zhang, Adjunct Professor, xichen.zhang@unb.ca
• Mahdi D. Firoozjaei, Adjunct Professor

Research scientists

• Dr. Hamed Jelodar, h.jelodar@unb.ca
• Dr. Mohammad Jafari Dehkordi, m.j.dehkordi@unb.ca
• Dr. Hossein Shokouhinejad, hossein.shokouhinejad@unb.ca
• Dr. Mohammed Moharrum, mohammed.moharrum@unb.ca 
• Dr. Mahdi Rabbani, m.rabbani@unb.ca
• Dr. Vikas Chouhan, vikas.chouhan@unb.ca
• Dr. Hessam Mohammadian, h.mohammadian@unb.ca

Support staff

• Pamela Kitchen, Project & Operations Manager, pamela.kitchen@unb.ca
• Hugh Hicks, Talent and Partnership Development Manager, hugh.hicks@unb.ca
• Ruth Murgatroyd, Institute Administrator, ruth.murgatroyd@unb.ca
• Mohamed Salem, Senior Systems Administrator, mohamed.salem@unb.ca
• Morakinyo Omolaja Oke, Project Coordinator, morakinyo.oke@unb.ca
• Sumit Kundu, Strategic Partnership & Economic Development Officer, sumit.kundu@unb.ca
• Vasundhara Madigela, Administrative Assistant, vasundhara.madigela@unb.ca 
• Behrang Behboodi, Marketing and Business Development Coordinator, behrang.behboodi@unb.ca 

Technical support

• Yair Vanegas, Digital Forensics Analyst, yair.vanegas@unb.ca 
• Tianhao Zhao, Cybersecurity Software Developer, tzhao6@unb.ca
• Griffin Higgins, Cybersecurity Software Developer, Griffin.Higgins@unb.ca
• Arun Kaniyamattam, Cybersecurity Software Developer, arun.kaniyamattam@unb.ca 
• Saeid Bahmanisangesari, Cybersecurity Software Developer, saeid.bahmanisangesari@unb.ca
• Erfan Ghiasvand, Cybersecurity Software Developer, erfan.ghiasvand@unb.ca
• Arash Kariznovi, Cybersecurity Software Developer, arash.k@unb.ca
  
• Alireza Anbiyaei, Client Support Analyst, alireza.anbiyaei@unb.ca
• Mustafa Kamal Taqi, Software Quality Assurance Analysts and AWS Application Security Engineer, mustafa.taqi@unb.ca
• Sebin Abraham Maret, Cybersecurity Software Developer, sebin.maret@unb.ca 
• Raphael Ferreira, Cybersecurity Software Developer, raphael.ferreira@unb.ca
• Arbaaz Dharmavaram Mohammed, Cybersecurity Front-End Developer, arbaaz.dm@unb.ca 
• Marie-Laure Esi Alorvor, Cybersecurity Software Developer, marie-laure.alorvor@unb.ca 
• Tochukwu Emmanuel Nwankwo, Cybersecurity Front-End Developer
• Younes Laaroussi, Cybersecurity Front-End Developer
• Ansh Tuli, Cybersecurity Front-End Developer
• Aviposh Bhan, Ethical Hacking Intern 
• Michael Bridgland, Ethical Hacking Intern

Postdoctoral fellows

• Dr. Ehab M. Alkhateeb, ehab.alkhateeb@unb.ca
• Dr. Vahid Maleki Raee, vahid.malekiraee@unb.ca
• Dr. Samita Chanchal Bai, samita.bai@unb.ca
• Dr. Chathrie Upeka, chathrie.wimalasooriya@unb.ca 
• Dr. Hamida İrfan, hamida.irfan@unb.ca 

PhD students

• Amir Firouzi, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Yoonjib Kim, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Saqib Hakak
• Alireza Zohourian, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Shabnam Saderi, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Kalikinkar Mandal 
• Nethmi Hettiarachchi, supervised by Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal 
• Samuel Ansong, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Zeynab Anbiaee, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Amir Hassanpour Zarghani, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Michael Odartei Mills, supervised by Dr. Ali Ghorbani
• Morteza Eskandarian, supervised by Dr. Sajjad Dadkhah
• Griffin Higgins, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Xichen Zhang
• Abhijat Sharma, supervised by Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal
• Krishno Dey, supervised by Drs. Saqib Hakak and Ali Ghorbani
• Quazi Mahfuza Tasnim Mohona, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Saqib Hakak

MCS students

• Parisa Hamedi, supervised by Dr. Roozbeh Razavi-Far
• Fatemeh Nejati, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Rongxing Lu
• Sk Mahtab Uddin, supervised by Dr. Saqib Hakak
• Mohammad Meymani, supervised by Dr. Roozbeh Razavi-Far
• Aymen Basli, supervised by Dr. Kalikinkar Mandal
• Joseph Sowah, supervised by Drs. Ali Ghorbani and Kwasi Boakye-Boateng
• Yen-Wu Lo, supervised by Dr. Sajjad Dadkhah
• Prerona Tarannum, supervised by Dr. Saqib Hakak

Co-op students

• Htet Naing, AI-Developer
• Franklin Oduro, Cybersecurity Full-Stack Developer
• Muhammad Waleed, AI-Developer 

MACSec students

• Muhammad Sheroz
• Ayodeji Samuel Fakokunde
• Adebayo Damilola Aladetimi
• Moyosoreoluwa Toluhi
• Nitish Bangar
• Michael Oku
• Yousef Bayoumi
• Steven Olele
• Abishek Gautam
• Badjimoti Serge Kawea

Undergradaute honours thesis

• Alain Shogonya Nasombwa, supervised by Dr. Saqib Hakak

Affiliate members

• Dr. Fatemeh Khoda Parast, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer Science, UNB
• Dr. Argyri Panezi, Canada Research Chair in Digital Information Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, UNB
• Dr. Xichen Zhang, Assistant Professor, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University
• Dr. Arash Habibi Lashkari, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity, York University
• Dr. Janet Austin, Professor, Faculty of Law, UNB
• Dr. Mary Ann Campbell, Professor, Faculty of Arts-St John Campus and Director, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, UNB
• Dr. Sarah-Jane Corke, Associate Professor, Historical Studies, UNB
• Dr. Donglei Du, Professor, Faculty of Management, UNB
• Dr. David Foord, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, UNB
• Dr. David C Hoffman, Associate Professor, Sociology and Director of Criminology and Criminal Justice Program, UNB
• Ben McHarg, Cybersecurity Instructor, New Brunswick Community College
• Dr. Constantine E. Passaris, Professor and Acting Chair Faculty of Economics, UNB and Dobbin Scholar, Ireland
• Dr. Brent Petersen, Professor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNB
• Dr. Kenneth Kent, Professor & Barrett Chair in Entrepreneurship for Digital Transformation, UNB and Director of IBM Centre for Advanced Studies - Atlantic

Alumni