Dr. Fan Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Yale University. His research spans computer security and applied cryptography, with a focus on novel systems with decentralized trust and governance. Several of his works, notably zkTLS, confidential smart contracts, trustless bridges, and anonymous communication, have been adopted by the industry. His research has been supported by awards and grants from the NSF, the Ethereum Foundation, Flashbots, Mysten Labs, the Yale Roberts Innovation Award, and IBM. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University, advised by Prof. Ari Juels, and his Bachelor of Science from Tsinghua University, China.