Pedro de Melo Branco

Pedro Branco is an Assistant Professor at IE University in the area of Computer Science.  Previously, he was a postdoc at Bocconi University, the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, and Johns Hopkins University. He received his PhD from Tecnico Lisbon in 2022 and was supervised by Paulo Mateus and Nico Döttling. 

The focus of his research is on the foundations of public-key cryptography, with a special focus on public-key encryption, secure multiparty computation and zero-knowledge proofs.

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, Computer Science, IE University, Spain, 2026-Present 
• Postdoc, Bocconi University, Italy, 2024-2025
• Postdoc, MPI-SP, Germany, 2023-2024
• Postdoc, JHU, USA, 2022-2023

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Information Security, Tecnico Lisbon, Portugal, 2022
• Master in Mathematics and Applications, Tecnico Lisbon, Portugal, 2017
• Bachelor in Applied Mathematics and Computation, Tecnico Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

9- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

17- Partnerships for the Goals