Dahlia Malkhi

About

Dahlia Malkhi is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science of UCSB since 2024. She heads the Foundations of Financial Technology lab. Her research over two decades spans broad aspects of reliability and security of distributed systems, recently with focus on blockchains and advances in financial technology. Her work resulted in over 200 publications as well as a strong impact on computing technology. Malkhi is sought-after industrial consultant, currently advising various projects, including Space Computer, Lyquor Labs, Nubit|Bitcoin Thunderbolt, Espresso Systems, and Chainlink Labs. Formerly, she served as Distinguished Scientist of Chainlink Labs (2022-2025). From 2019 to 2022, she was the CTO at the Diem Association, and Lead Researcher at Novi Financial. In 2014, she co-founded