Location: Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 295, 00161, Rome.
Office: Office 201, Second floor, Palazzina E
Email: francati at di.uniroma1.it
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About Me

Since July 2025, I have been an Assistant Professor (RTT) in the Department of Computer Science at Sapienza University of Rome.
Before that, from September 2024 to July 2025, I was an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London.
From April to August 2024, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at George Mason University, hosted by Giuseppe Ateniese, and from September 2021 to February 2024, I held a Postdoctoral Researcher position at Aarhus University (Crypto Group), hosted by Claudio Orlandi.
I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science in September 2021 from Stevens Institute of Technology, where I conducted my research under the supervision of Giuseppe Ateniese.

Research Interests

My research interests are theoretical and applied cryptography with a focus on advanced public-key primitives and their applications. I am also interested in blockchain and privacy-preserving machine learning.