Weizhi Meng is a Full Professor at the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University (LU). Prior to joining LU, he was a tenured faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong. He was a recipient of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers in both 2014 and 2017. He also received the IEEE ComSoc Best Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region (EMEA) in 2020. His primary research interests are blockchain technology, cyber security, and artificial intelligence in security, including intrusion detection, blockchain applications, smartphone security, biometric authentication, and IoT security. He serves as an associate editor/editorial board member for many reputed journals such as IEEE TDSC and IEEE TIFS, as well as a general chair for various international conferences such as ACM CCS 2023 and ESORICS 2022.