Constantinos Patsakis holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece and an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He obtained his PhD in Cryptography and Malware from the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Piraeus and an adjunct researcher at Athena Research and Innovation Center. His main areas of research include cryptography, malware, security, privacy, and cybercrime.