Sergei Tikhomirov

Sergei Tikhomirov is a Protocol Research Engineer at Status since September 2023, with a strong background in security and privacy research related to cryptocurrencies. Previously, Sergei served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Chaincode Labs from November 2021 to December 2022, focusing on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Prior to that, Sergei conducted similar research at the University of Luxembourg from October 2016 to September 2021, concentrating on Ethereum smart contracts and various vulnerabilities within cryptocurrencies. Sergei also worked as an Information Security Analyst at SmartDec from February 2013 to July 2016, where the role involved classifying and formalizing vulnerabilities for static code analysis tools. Sergei holds a Master of Science degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University, earned between 2008 and 2013.