Richa Priyanka

I’m a Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan advised by Dr. Roya Ensafi, studying internet measurement and network security.

I study network security and privacy, with an emphasis on measuring and understanding global internet censorship and its impact on free expression and access to information.

Before academia, I spent 5+ years with Cortex at Palo Alto Networks creating security threat detection, hunting and response solutions. I aim for research that is reproducible, deployable, and genuinely protective for people in high-risk contexts.