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Bhargav Bhatt

Zurich

Summary

Experienced Security Researcher in the blockchain domain with a strong background in distributed systems and formal verification. Expertise in protocol design and analysis, with a focus on bridges, interoperability, and consensus mechanisms. Hands on experience in performing and coordinating security audits of smart-contracts (EVM and Rust-based) and core protocol components.


Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Security Researcher

Web3 Foundation
09.2021 - Current

Member of the research team with a focus on ensuring Polkadot's security and reliability. Leading the project on designing trustless and efficient bridge between Polkadot and Ethereum (Snowbridge). Coordinated several security audits with external auditors and also involved in in-house security tooling (fuzzers) for Rust-based dApps. Maintain the official protocol specifications.

Research Consultant

Bunzz.Dev
05.2024 - Current

Providing research expertise in integrating fuzzing techniques in LLM based Security Audit Platform. Competition research and review of technical architecture for detecting DeFi vulnerabilities.

Research Assistant

Information Security Group, ETH Zurich
08.2015 - 08.2018

Developed formal verification tools and techniques for detecting resource-leak bugs in Android apps. Also involved in projects on model-checking and runtime verification of high-velocity data-streams.

Education

Ph.D. - Informatics

USI Lugano
Switzerland
08.2021

Master of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

IIT Kanpur
India
07.2015

Skills

  • Smart Contract Audit
  • Rust Security Audit
  • Blockchain Protocol Design & Analysis
  • Requirement Analysis and Mapping
  • DeFi Protocols
  • Bridges and Interoperability
  • Formal Verification & Fuzzing
  • Tokenomics
  • Wallets: UI Integration and Security
  • Applied Cryptography

Affiliations

  • Panelist at DeFi Security Summit 2023
  • Speaker at various Blockchain Conferences (Sub0, ETH CC, Web3 Summit, ETAPS)
  • Distinguished Paper Award, ATVA 2018

Timeline

Research Consultant

Bunzz.Dev
05.2024 - Current

Security Researcher

Web3 Foundation
09.2021 - Current

Research Assistant

Information Security Group, ETH Zurich
08.2015 - 08.2018

Ph.D. - Informatics

USI Lugano

Master of Science - Mathematics And Computer Science

IIT Kanpur
Bhargav Bhatt