2025 IEEE Blockchain Technical Briefs Editorial Board

Boleslaw K. Szymanski, PhD
Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
and Professor of Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
USA

 Email: [email protected]

Dr. Boleslaw K. Szymanski is the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and a Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy at RPI. He is a foreign member of the National Academy of Science in Poland, IEEE Life Fellow. 

 Lakshmi Shankar Ramachandran, PhD
(aka R.L. Shankar)

Associate Professor in the Practice of Finance,
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
USA

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Dr. Lakshmi Shankar Ramachandran (aka R. L. Shankar), PhD, Associate Professor in the Practice of Finance, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, USA. He earned his PhD in Finance from EdHEC, MS in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, and Bachelors of Technology from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Madras. Dr. Shankar‘s primary research interest lies in the area of empirical asset pricing. His papers have appeared, among other journals, in the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE). His research work focuses on the pricing of contingent claims in imperfect markets, market microstructure, and algorithmic trading. He has received several prestigious research grants, including the inaugural grant for capital markets instituted by New York University and the National Stock Exchange of India.

Imran Bashir
Author and Researcher,
J.P. Morgan,
UK

 Email: [email protected] 

Imran Bashir has an MSc in information security from Royal Holloway, University of London. He has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, information security, and IT service management. His current focus is on the latest technologies, such as Blockchain and quantum computing. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He loves to write. His book on Blockchain technology, Mastering Blockchain, is a widely accepted standard text on the subject. He is also the author of another popular book called “Blockchain consensus – an introduction to classical, Blockchain, and Quantum Consensus Protocols”. He has worked in various senior technology roles for different organizations around the world. 

Nicolae “Nicu” Goga, PhD

Professor, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Associate Senior Researcher, Molecular Dynamics Group, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Chair, IEEE Blockchain Section Romania Chair and Coordinator, IEEE Blockchain Region 8 Sections

 Email: [email protected]  

Dr. Goga is a full professor at the University Politehnica of Bucharest Romania, and he is working in the Molecular Dynamics Group, University of Groningen as an associated senior researcher.  He also works for ISO/IEEE medical device standards 11073 family of standards. On this line of research, he received in 2011 IEEE Technology Merits Award, 2010, US Edition.  He is the chair of IEEE Blockchain Section Romania and Coordinator for Blockchain Sections Region 8.

Kishan Gajjar

Software Engineer

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Kishan Gajjar is a Software Engineer specializing in Distributed Systems and a Senior Member of IEEE. He has contributed to blockchain initiatives at BlockApps and Akamai Technologies and has experience building scalable credit card payment platforms for marketplace environments. As a blockchain-experienced engineer, he brings deep technical expertise and a commitment to advancing secure, scalable infrastructure for real-world applications. 

Constantin “Viorel” Marian, PhD

Associate Professor, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica, Bucharest, Romania
Vice-Chair, IEEE Blockchain Section Romania and IEEE Blockchain Region 8 Sections

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Dr. Marian is a Professor (Associate) at National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania and Vice-Chair at IEEE Blockchain Romania Section and IEEE Blockchain Region 8 Section. He was member of the “IEEE SmartBlock4Health” conference organizing committee and he was also editor at “IEEE Blockchain Technical Briefs 2022” (2022 Editorial Team).He is a Working Group member of IEEE standard P3228 “Standard for the Recurring Transactions Using Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs)” and Expert at CTI – “Commission des titres d’ingénieur” France.