Prof. Lance Fiondella joined the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as an assistant professor in 2013. Presently, he is an associate professor and the Director of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Cybersecurity Center, an NSA/DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R). He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2012. After completing the Ph.D., he undertook postdoctoral research at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. His research has been funded by the United States Government and the United States National Science Foundation, including a CAREER Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.