Mengya Zhang

Mengya Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate

The Ohio State University

About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU). My advisors are Prof. Zhiqiang Lin and Prof. Yinqian Zhang. Before joining OSU, I graduated from Nankai University in China with the Bachelor’s degree of Computer Engineering in 2018.

I am delighted to announce that I will be graduating next summer and seeking academic positions. Look forward to connect with fellow academics, researchers, and potential employers.

Interests
  • Blockchain Security
  • DeFi Security
  • Smart Contract
  • Trusted Execution Environment
Education
  • Ph.D. in CSE, 2018-Now

    The Ohio State University, USA

  • BSc in Software Engineering, 2014-2018

    Nankai University, China

Recent Publications

(2023). Reusable Enclaves for Confidential Serverless Computing. In Proceedings of the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX 2023).

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(2022). An Empirical Study on Ethereum Private Transactions and the Security Implications.

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(2020). TxSpector: Uncovering Attacks in Ethereum from Transactions. In Proceedings of the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX 2020).

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Experiences

 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assitant
The Ohio State Univeristy
January 2023 – May 2023 Ohio, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Certik
May 2022 – January 2023 New York, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
PeckShield Inc.
December 2019 – January 2020 Hangzhou, China
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
Chinese Academy of Sciences
September 2017 – October 2017 Beijing, China
 
 
 
 
 
Software Engineering Intern
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
June 2017 – August 2017 Beijing, China