Received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earning the Van Valkenburg Award for his dissertation.

Decided to fully commit to a career in the cryptocurrency industry after being inspired by the potential of blockchains for human coordination.

Founded Eigen Labs, the company responsible for developing the EigenLayer protocol on Ethereum, based on his concept of 'restaking'.

Recognized as one of CoinDesk's 'Most Influential' figures in crypto for his work on EigenLayer and the concept of restaking.