Youssef El Housni

Youssef EL HOUSNI is an applied cryptographer with extensive experience in cryptography and blockchain technology. Currently employed at ConsenSys as an applied cryptographer, Youssef EL HOUSNI specializes in developing gnark-crypto and gnark libraries using Golang. As a former PhD candidate at École Polytechnique, research focused on cryptography, alongside roles as a teaching assistant for a blockchain course. Previous experience includes working as a blockchain consultant at EY, where contributions were made to the Nightfall and Baseline protocols for Ethereum, and R&D in cryptography using various programming languages. Youssef EL HOUSNI also served as a software engineer at Secure-IC, focusing on cryptography for embedded devices, and held research internships with a focus on speech processing and acoustic signal processing. Youssef EL HOUSNI holds a PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science from École Polytechnique and an engineering degree from ENSEIRB-MATMECA.