Jiwon Kim

I'm a second-year PhD student in CSE at the University of Michigan, advised by Professor Paul Grubbs. I work on applied cryptography; I am interested in applying theoretical cryptographic primitives to real-world systems to enhance security and privacy. I am specifically interested in zero-knowledge proof and secure messaging.

Before diving into a PhD program, I worked three and half years in the software industry. I was a software engineer at Kakao Corporation, the largest social media company in South Korea with 60M+ users. I also worked as a researcher at Samsung SDS Blockchain Research Lab.

I received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering and B.A. in History Education from Seoul National University.

Please refer to my CV for more detailed information about me.