Nikita Stupin

Nikita Stupin is a Blockchain Security Engineer currently employed at Matter Labs since August 2024, previously holding the same position at OpenZeppelin from January 2022 to August 2024. In addition to engineering roles, Nikita has experience in academia, serving as a teacher at VK Education in Bauman Moscow State Technical University from April 2022 to November 2023 and at the Higher School of Economics from July 2021 to May 2023, where instruction focused on Computer Systems Security within the Bachelor's Programme in Applied Mathematics and Information Science. Prior to these roles, Nikita worked as a freelance Bug Bounty Hunter from July 2021 to January 2022. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, earned in June 2018.