Dahlia Malkhi is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science of UCSB since 2024 and the Founding head of the Fiftech Research Lab.
Malkhi serves as Distinguished Scientist of Chainlink Labs, advisor of Espresso Systems, advisor of nubit.org, advisor of SpaceCoin, former CTO at the Diem Association, and former Lead Researcher at Novi Financial.
Her research over two decades spans broad aspects of reliability and security of distributed systems, recently with focus on blockchains and advances in financial technology. Her work resulted in over 200 publications as well as a strong impact on computing technology.