ALI BANGI
 – PhD Student, Department of Political Science | @alibangi

Ali Karimzadeh Bangi is the director of ASL19, an organization that monitors Internet controls in Iran and explores ways to bypass them. Ali is also a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. His research focuses on information controls online.

MATTHEW CARRIERI – 
Researcher

Matthew Carrieri is a researcher at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He holds a B.A. in Middle East studies from McGill University and an M.A. in Near Eastern studies from New York University.

MASASHI CRETE-NISHIHATA – Research Manager | @grayops

Masashi Crete-Nishihata is research manager at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. His current research focuses on information controls (e.g. Internet censorship and surveillance) and their impact on human rights and international relations. Recent publications include work on multidisciplinary approaches to studying Internet censorship, global governance, and the spread of information controls, and information security research ethics. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Toronto.

JAKUB DALEK – 
Researcher and Systems Administrator | @cybersteez

Jakub Dalek is a researcher and systems administrator at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. His research focuses on the identification and mapping of devices used for Internet filtering and surveillance.

CHRIS DAVIS – Technical Advisor

Chris Davis is likely best known for his discovery of the Mariposa botnet and the creation and leadership of the Mariposa Working Group. Comprised of key industry players as well as global law enforcement, this group took down the world’s largest known botnet and was directly responsible for seven arrests, from Spain to Slovenia. Davis has taken down more than 200 botnets since 2009, and has been directly responsible for more than a dozen computer crime arrests around the world. Prior to founding Defence Intelligence, he was the director of threat analysis for Damballa, a Georgia Tech incubated start-up. Prior to Damballa, he was the lead technical resource for Dell’s Global Information Security Unit, and has consulted and advised dozens of government agencies and Fortune 100 organizations. In 2010, he was the recipient of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Global Hero Award. Chris Davis is technical advisor to the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

RONALD DEIBERT – Director, Citizen Lab and Canada Centre for Global Affairs | @RonDeibert

Ronald J. Deibert is professor of political science and director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, an interdisciplinary research and development “hothouse” working at the intersection of the Internet, global security, and human rights. He is a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and the Information Warfare Monitor, which uncovered the GhostNet cyberespionage network of over 2,500 infected computers in 103 countries. Deibert’s work has received front page coverage in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times. He lives in Toronto with his family.

JANE GOWAN – Graphic Designer | @janegowan

Jane is an artist, musician, songwriter and poet. She has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of British Columbia and a Music diploma from Vancouver Community College. Jane started Agent 5 Design in 2003, in order to create affordable, creative and clean design for organizations who encourage and promote arts, culture, social awareness, environmental stewardship, and egalitarianism.

ROBERT GUERRA – Senior Advisor | @netfreedom

Robert Guerra is a civil society expert specializing in issues of Internet governance, cyber security, social networking, multi-stakeholder participation, internet freedom and human rights. Robert is the founder of Privaterra, a Canadian based organization that works with private industry and nongovernmental organizations to assist them with issues of data privacy, secures communications, information security, internet governance, and Internet freedom. Robert also works as special adviser to the Citizen Lab and Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Robert serves as a member of ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), as well as a member of the US IGF Steering Committee. Additionally he has participated as a member of the official Canadian delegation at two UN World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS). Robert has given numerous media interviews and often is invited to share his views on the challenges being faced by social justice organizations in regards to surveillance, censorship, and privacy. He advises numerous non-profits, foundations, governments, and international organizations.

SETH HARDY – Senior Security Analyst

Seth Hardy is a senior security analyst at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Prior to the Citizen Lab, he worked for a large anti-virus vendor. Seth has worked extensively on analysis of document-based malware and anti-virus evasion methods. His other areas of experience include provably secure cryptography, random number generators, and network vulnerability research. Seth has spoken at a number of security conferences including Black Hat, DEF CON, SecTor, and the Chaos Communication Congress. He holds degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in mathematics and computer science.

ANDREW HILTS – LUUM | @andrewchilts

Andrew Hilts is a researcher and web developer studying the organizational practices, policies, and cultures of online service providers, and their intersections with digital rights issues. An employee of Fortitude Companies, he helps shape the company’s approach to data stewardship. Andrew works out of the Citizen Lab as a research fellow and contributes to projects such as the Social Media Cyberwatch column, an analysis of the policies of Asian chat applications, and a visualization of censorship on Weibo. Andrew obtained his Master of Information from the University of Toronto and has published work on design knowledge management and online deliberation. He is interested in developing usable privacy technologies that facilitate conscientious, selective, and contextual information disclosure, group decision making technologies, and online deliberation.

SAAD OMAR KHAN – Researcher

Saad Omar Khan is a researcher for the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He was born in the United Arab Emirates and lived in several countries in East and South-East Asia before emigrating to Canada. He completed his undergraduate degree from University of Toronto where he completed a double major in peace and conflict studies and psychology. He also has a M.Sc. degree from the London School of Economics where his studies focused on political Islam and transnational religious movements. He has experience working in the non-profit and financial sector prior to joining the Citizen Lab as a researcher.

KATIE KLEEMOLA – Security Researcher

Katie is a Security Researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Computer Science department and enjoys creating fun and practical fashion for rabbits in her spare time.

LUCINDA LI – Assistant to the Director / Office Manager

Lucinda Li is assistant to the director and office manager of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. She holds a B.A. in history from the University of Toronto where she also minored in bioethics and political science.

WILLIAM R. MARCZAK – Research Fellow | @billmarczak

William Marczak is a research fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and a computer science Ph.D. student at University of California, Berkeley working on developing new languages, abstractions, and tools for distributed programming. He is also a founding member of Bahrain Watch, a monitoring and advocacy group that seeks to promote effective, accountable, and transparent governance in Bahrain through research and evidence-based activism. Marczak is also one of the researchers and authors of Citizen Lab’s work into FinFisher devices, including the reports For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying and You Only Click Twice: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation.

MORGAN MARQUIS-BOIRE – Senior Security Researcher and Technical Advisor | @headhntr

Morgan Marquis-Boire is a senior security engineer at Google focusing on the protection of high risk users and specializing in security operations, incident response and threat analysis. He is also an adjunct fellow at Google Ideas. He is a security researcher and technical advisor at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He is a founding member of the Secure Domain Foundation, a non-profit, free, adversary intelligence group. He also does volunteer work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. A native of New Zealand, he was one of the original founders of the KiwiCON hacker conference. A frequent speaker at universities and conferences around the world, his work on digital repression targeting activists has been featured in numerous print and online publications including Bloomberg Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and The New York Times.

TIM MAURER – 
Research Fellow

Tim Maurer focuses on cyberspace and international affairs at New America’s Open Technology Institute and the balance between security and freedom in the digital age. His current projects center on the global cyber-security norm process, Internet Freedom especially in the context of U.S. sanctions and export controls, and swing states in the international Internet policy debate. In 2013, Tim spoke about cyber-warfare at the United Nations and his work has been published by Harvard University, Foreign Policy, CNN, and Slate among others. He conducts his academic research as a non-resident research fellow at the Citizen Lab. Prior to joining New America, Tim worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and also gained experience with the United Nations in Rwanda, Geneva, and New York focusing on humanitarian assistance and the coordination of the UN system. He holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.

SARAH McKUNE – Senior Researcher

Sarah McKune is a senior researcher for the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Her research and analysis focuses on cyber threats targeting civil society, control of surveillance technology exports and international cyber security initiatives. Sarah is a lawyer with a background in international human rights law.

LUIS HORACIO NÁJERA – Visiting Fellow | @Najera13

Luis Horacio Nájera is a Mexican journalist living in exile in Canada since 2008. He is the winner of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’s 2008 International Press Freedom Award and the Human Rights Watch’s 2008 Hellman/Hammet Award. He is a Saul Rae Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto and member of PEN Canada’s writers in exile network. He is as visiting fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto where he is researching press freedom, freedom of expression, and organized crime. Luis is currently M.A. student at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

JASON Q. NG – Research Fellow | @jasonqng

Jason Q. Ng is a research fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He is the author of Blocked on Weibo: What Gets Suppressed on China’s Version of Twitter (And Why) (The New Press, 2013), a book on the various terms that are censored on Chinese social media. His research and writing have appeared in Le Monde, Foreign Affairs, and The Atlantic.

CHRISTOPHER PARSONS – Post-doctoral Fellow | @caparsons

Christopher Parson’s research, teaching, and consulting interests involve how privacy is affected by digitally mediated surveillance, and the normative implications that such surveillance has in (and on) contemporary Western political systems. He is a post-doctoral fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, where he is examining telecommunications companies’ data retention and data disclosure policies. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Victoria, where he completed a dissertation that examined the political drivers of Internet service providers’ network surveillance practices. He is also a Privacy by Design Ambassador and a principal at Block G Privacy and Security Consulting. He has written policy reports for civil advocacy organizations in Canada, submitted evidence to Parliamentary committees, and been an active member of the Canadian privacy advocacy community. He has been involved in projects examining lawful access legislation in Canada and abroad, identity management systems in Canada, automatic license plate recognition technologies in Canada and the UK, network management and surveillance practices in Western democratic states, and privacy issues linked to social media services. Christopher has published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, European Journal of Law and Technology, Canadian Privacy Law Review, CTheory, and has book chapters in a series of academic and popular books and reports. His research has been funded by SSHRC, the New Transparency Project, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s contributions programs, and by civil advocacy organizations. He regularly presents his research to government, media, the public, and at academic events.

ERIC PEDICELLI – Founder, Chop Shop Media

Eric Pedicelli is a producer, editor, motion graphics artist, and founder of Chop Shop Media, a boutique video agency in Toronto. Eric has 15 years of experience in video production. His work has appeared on CBC, Much Music, TVA Sports, BPM TV, and at the Montreal World Film Festival. Eric has worked with a wide variety of clients between Toronto and Montreal, including the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

JON PENNEY – Research Fellow | @jon_penney

Jon Penney is a lawyer, research fellow at Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and a research affiliate of Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. He is also a Ph.D. student at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, where his interdisciplinary research explores regulatory chilling effects online. His broader research interests include constitutional/human rights law, intellectual property and digital media policy, particularly censorship, privacy, and information security. More recently, he has been involved with a transparency project, which is a collaboration between the Berkman Center, Citizen Lab, Global Network Initiative, and Center for Democracy & Technology.

JENNIE PHILLIPS – PhD Student, OISE / 
Doctoral Student Fellow, Citizen Lab | @drchangelove

Jennie Phillips is a Ph.D. student working with the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the development of crisis resilience with high-risk civil society groups promoting human rights freedoms online in a virtual, networked setting. With an M.A. in education technology, she has experience in emergency management, training and technology with the federal government and the private and non-profit sectors. She is also founder of ellips design + consulting.

IRENE POETRANTO – Communications Officer | @irenepoet

Irene Poetranto is the communications officer at the Citizen Lab and Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. She has substantive expertise and interest in the Southeast Asian region, particularly Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, and has worked for, amongst others, the Human Security Report Project at Simon Fraser University, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Southeast Asia, and the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Southeast Asia Research. She has a B.A. in political science from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. in political science and Asia Pacific studies from the University of Toronto.

JOHN SCOTT-RAILTON – Research Fellow | @jsrailton

John Scott-Railton is conducting research in collaboration with the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto on electronic attacks against opposition groups and the media in Libya and Syria. His research focuses on the emergence and impact of pro-government electronic actors (PGEAs) during the Arab Spring, and other threats against the human and electronic networks that underpinned Libyan and Syrian opposition movements.

LIDIJA SABADOS – Research Assistant | @lidijasab

Lidija Sabados is a research and communications assistant at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. She holds a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto. She is based in Amman, Jordan.

ADAM SENFT – Research Officer | @Adam_Senft

Adam Senft is a research officer at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, where he focuses on online freedom of expression and information controls. He has an M.A. and B.A. in political science from the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. from the University of Guelph.

BYRON SONNE – Security Analyst

Byron Sonne has been a researcher in the field of cyber security for over ten years. He is trained as an electronic engineering technologist and is interested in mountain biking, camping and loves cats and reading about ancient Rome.

NART VILLENEUVE – Technical Advisor | @nartv

Nart Villeneuve is a senior intelligence researcher at FireEye where he focuses on cyber-espionage and targeted malware attacks. Nart has conducted in-depth investigations of malware-based espionage networks and continues to monitor numerous targeted attack campaigns with an emphasis on building threat intelligence by developing indicators that can be used to identify the tools, tactics, and procedures used in targeted attacks. Prior to joining FireEye, Nart’s research at Trend Micro and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto led to the discovery and documentation of multiple cyber-espionage networks and in-depth reports on cybercrime networks as well. Nart is a technical advisor for the Citizen Lab.

GREG WISEMAN – 
Technical Advisor

JUSTIN WONG – 
Software Developer

Justin Wong is a software developer at the Citizen Lab. He is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo in electrical engineering and management science. Previously, he has interned at Microsoft, Tagged, and Public Safety Canada.