About Me

Welcome to my personal website! I am an assistant professor at the University of Georgia (UGA). My research interests are applied cryptography, with a focus on encrypted databases and privacy-preserving computation.

Prior to joining UGA, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Applied Cryptography Group, ETH Zurich (April 2022-July 2024, hosted by Prof. Kenny Paterson). I received my MEng in 2017 and PhD in 2022 from the University of Bristol. I am grateful that I was advised by Prof. Oliver Johnson and Prof. Bogdan Warinschi.

I am currently hiring graduate students. Please drop me an email if you are interested!

Contact Details:

• Office Address: 627 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, 200 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States
• Email: Zichen [dot] Gui [at] uga [dot] edu