Dr. Md Arif Hassan is a cybersecurity researcher and Casual Academic at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), and also serves as a Lecturer at SAE University College, Australia. He completed his PhD candidature at UTS in 2026. His research interests span cybersecurity, fintech security, authentication, blockchain technologies, zero-knowledge proofs, post-quantum cryptography, and Web 3.0. He secured approximately AU$294,000 in fully funded PhD support at UTS, comprising tuition fee support and the UTS President’s Scholarship stipend. He was also awarded an IEEE Student Travel Grant of up to US$1,200 to attend IEEE GLOBECOM in Cape Town, South Africa. He is also an Apple Developer Program member and Google Play developer, with experience developing and publishing mobile applications for iOS and Android. He is a member of IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc).