Iv谩n Abell谩n 脕lvarez received his Master’s degree from the Edinburgh Napier 成人头条versity (UK), in 2020. He worked in the IT security industry assessing applications security. His research interests are in computer security with focus on cryptography, blockchain and privacy-related methods. Iv谩n joined the Digital Financial Services and Cross-Organizational Digital Transformations research group, FINATRAX, headed by Prof. Gilbert Fridgen and she will be advised by the latter.
Iv谩n is actively involved in the FNR project PABLO, which explores new concepts and applications in distributed ledger technology, and digital identity management for tokenizing artworks and collectibles. The project aims to balance regulatory requirements together with privacy demands.