Claudio Orlandi received his PhD in cryptography from Aarhus University, Denmark in 2011, where he now works as an Associate Professor. In between, he worked as a postdoc at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

His research interest include the theory and practice of cryptographic protocols, with focus on secure multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proofs, advanced encryption schemes and blockchains.

He is the recipient of an ERC Starting Grant.