Nasir Ghani is a faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Associate Director of the MS in Cybersecurity. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, a state cybersecurity center focusing on research, education, and outreach. Earlier, he was Associate Chair of the ECE Department at the University of New Mexico. He has also held senior technical research/development positions at several large corporations (including Nokia, IBM, and Motorola) and some startups. His focus areas include cybersecurity (ransomware, Internet of Things security), physical/robotic AI, cloud computing, disaster recovery, and online education. His research has been supported by various federal, state, and industry funding agencies and partners. He is also a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award.

Dr. Ghani has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Systems, and the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical and Communications & Networking. In addition, he has guest-edited special issues of IEEE Network and IEEE Communications Magazine and has also chaired large symposia events for IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE ICCCN, and IEEE Infocom. He was also chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on High Speed Networking (TCHSN) from 2007-2010. He received a B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo, a M.S. from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo.