Praveensankar Manimaran

Praveensankar Manimaran is a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway working on Verifiable Credentials and Zero-Knowledge Proofs. His research interests are Blockchain Protocols, Verifiable Credentials, Privacy-Preserving Protocols, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and Applied Cryptography. As part of the PhD, Praveen designed research projects, identified challenging research problems including privacy issues in VCs revocation, developed novel solutions, and built prototypes to showcase the feasibility. Praveen's PhD gave him experience in identifying and solving non-trivial research problems that directly impact the industry use cases. In addition, Praveen has experience in project management, effective communication and coordination of tasks among team members, and time management.