Heng Pan received her Ph.D. degree from Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, China, In 2006. Pan is currently an Professor, Deputy Dean, and Master's student supervisor with the Research Institute of Advanced Information Technology, Zhongyuan University of Technology, and a member of the Blockchain Committee of the China Computer Federation. She has published more than 40 research articles. Pan's research interests include blockchain, network security risk assessment, and cryptography.