academics/web3/canada

This is a directory of academics working on web3, blockchain, cryptocurriencies, and related technologies at Canadian universities. It is not an official group of any sort. It is meant as a convenient reference for companies, media, students, researchers, and others looking for experts.

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Emilio Boulianne
John Molson School of Business - Accountancy
Research Interests
financial audit; cryptoassets; auditors; initial coin offering; fintech; financial regulator; permissioned; accountability; algorithmic governance; new audit spaces
Highlighted Work
When audit confronts blockchain
Contact
emilio.boulianne@concordia.ca
Website
Concordia University
Raouf Boutaba
Cheriton School of Computer Science
Research Interests
Blockchain security, payment channels, stable coins, blockchain interoperability, naming and software updates using blockchains
Highlighted Work
Off chain payment channels
Contact
rboutaba@uwaterloo.ca
Website
University of Waterloo
Peter Chow-White
School of Communication, Beedie School of Business
Research Interests
tokenization of culture, crypto adoption, memecoins, blockchain analytics, bitcoin
Highlighted Work
'Blockchain Good, Bitcoin Bad'
Contact
petercw@sfu.ca
Website
Simon Fraser University
Jeremy Clark
Information Systems Engineering
Research Interests
Decentralized Finance, Zero Knowledge, CBDCs, Privacy, Orderbooks
Highlighted Work
Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree
Contact
j.clark@concordia.ca
Website
Concordia University
Chen Feng
School of Engineering
Research Interests
consensus algorithms, incentive analysis, blockchain architectures, system design & implementation
Highlighted Work
Quick Summary of Work
Contact
chen.feng@ubc.ca
Website
University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)
Mélissa Fortin
Sciences comptables
Research Interests
Blockchain, Crypto, Fintech, Accounting
Highlighted Work
Bitcoin: An accounting regime
Contact
fortin.melissa@uqam.ca
Website
UQAM
Joshua Gans
Rotman School of Management
Research Interests
All aspects of the blockchain and its economics including consensus and cryptocurrency.
Highlighted Work
The Economics of Blockchain Consensus
Contact
joshua.gans@utoronto.ca
Website
University of Toronto
Tim Hannigan
Telfer School of Management
Research Interests
Prefigurative organizing, Governance, Institutional Logics, Field dynamics, Entrepreneurship
Highlighted Work
n/a
Contact
tim.hannigan@telfer.uOttawa.ca
Website
University of Ottawa
Mariam Humayun
Marketing
Research Interests
Bitcoin, Crypto-Communities, Blockchain, Decentralized Branding
Highlighted Work
How Brand Hive Minds Thrive: Understanding Bitcoin’s Resilience
Contact
N/A
Website
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Majid Khabbazian
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Layer two, DeFi, ZK
Highlighted Work
Proofs, Arguments, and Zero-Knowledge
Contact
mkhabbazian@ualberta.ca
Website
University of Alberta
Henry Kim
Schulich School of Business
Research Interests
Enterprise blockchain, Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization, Payment Systems, Digital Wallets, AI and Blockchain
Highlighted Work
Toward an ontology‐driven blockchain design for supply‐chain provenance
Contact
hmkim@yorku.ca
Website
York University
Victoria Lemieux
School of Information
Research Interests
Blockchain and trust from a social, informational and technical perspective
Highlighted Work
Searching for Trust: Blockchain technology in an Age of Disinformation
Contact
v.lemieux@ubc.ca
Website
University of British Columbia
Yun Lu
Computer Science
Research Interests
rational protocol design, proof-of-reputation, 51% attacks
Highlighted Work
A Rational Protocol Treatment of 51% Attacks
Contact
yunlu@uvic.ca
Website
University of Victoria
Florian Martin-Bariteau
Faculty of Law / Centre for Law, Technology and Society
Research Interests
Policy
Highlighted Work
Council of Europe Report on The Impact of Blockchains on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
Contact
info@blckchn.ca
Website
University of Ottawa
Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management
Research Interests
blockchain adoption, crypto-payment adoption, blockchain in supply-chain finance, blockchain adoption in real estate, blockchain-based personals health records
Highlighted Work
Mosaïque: a Purpose-built Digital Wallet
Contact
N/A
Website
Toronto Metropolitan University
Yunjung Pak
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management
Research Interests
Blockchain governance, blockchain ecosystem, digital innovation
Highlighted Work
Mapping the multiverse: A cultural cartographic approach to realizing entrepreneurial possibilities
Contact
yunjung@ualberta.ca
Website
University of Alberta
Masarah Paquet-Clouston
Criminology
Research Interests
Economic crime, Cybercrime, Fraud, Blockchain analytics, Criminal revenues
Highlighted Work
Ransomware payments in the Bitcoin ecosystem
Contact
N/A
Website
Université de Montréal
Andreas Park
UTM Management and Rotman School of Management
Research Interests
blockchain, decentralized finance, automated market makers, market microstructure, tokenomics
Highlighted Work
Learning from DeFi: Would Automated Market Makers improve Equity Trading
Contact
N/A
Website
University of Toronto
Erica Pimentel
Smith School of Business
Research Interests
financial reporting, auditing, professionals
Highlighted Work
Blockchain in accounting research and practice: Current trends and future opportunities
Contact
erica.pimentel@queensu.ca
Website
Queen's University
Zissis Poulos
School of Information Technology
Research Interests
Decentralized finance, Declarative Smart Contracts, Intents, Orderbooks, Oracles
Highlighted Work
Astraea: A decentralized blockchain oracle
Contact
zpoulos@yorku.ca
Website
York University
Juliane Proelss
Finance
Research Interests
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Market Dynamics, Price Predictability, Risk Analysis, Investor Behavior
Highlighted Work
Is Bitcoin ESG-Compliant? A Sober Look
Contact
juliane.proelss@concordia.ca
Website
Concordia University
Thomas J Rivera
Finance
Research Interests
DeFi, Decentralized Exchange, Decentralized Lending, Blockchain Economics
Highlighted Work
Proof-of-Work versus Proof-of-Stake: A Comparative Economic Analysis, RFS (forthcoming)
Contact
Thomas (dot) rivera (at) mcgill (dot) ca
Website
McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management
Sara Rouhani
Computer Science
Research Interests
Blockchain Interoperability, Decentralized AI, Distributed Computing, Data Trust,
Highlighted Work
Data trust framework using blockchain technology and adaptive transaction validation
Contact
sara.rouhani@umanitoba.ca
Website
University of Manitoba
Denis Schweizer
Finance Department
Research Interests
NFT, DYOR, Investing, Asset Pricing, ICO,
Highlighted Work
Are Blockchain Crowdsales the New 'Gold Rush'? Success Determinants of Initial Coin Offerings
Contact
denis.schweizer@concordia.ca
Website
Concordia University
Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid
Computer science and Operational Research (DIRO)
Research Interests
Scalability, DID, Dapps, post-quantum blockchain
Highlighted Work
Blockchain Scalability
Contact
N/A
Website
University of Montreal
Theo Stratopoulos
School of Accounting and Finance
Research Interests
teaching blockchain, adoption, blockchain for tracking emissions
Highlighted Work
Blockchain Technology Adoption
Contact
tstratopoulos@uwaterloo.ca
Website
University of Waterloo
Andreas Veneris
Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science
Research Interests
game-theoretical incentives for crypto-economics, mechanism/system design, formal methods, CBDCs, DeFi, techno-legal questions
Highlighted Work
Central Bank Digital Currencies
Contact
veneris@eecg.toronto.edu
Website
University of Toronto
Zehua Wang
Electrical and Computering Engineering
Research Interests
blockchain systems, decentralized machine learning, cybersecurity, mechanism design, communication systems
Highlighted Work
Accelerating and Securing Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Machine Learning
Contact
zwang@ece.ubc.ca
Website
University of British Columbia
Lili Wei
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Smart contract reliability and security
Highlighted Work
Nyx: Detecting Exploitable Front-Running Vulnerabilities in Smart Contracts
Contact
lili.wei@mcgill.ca
Website
McGill University
Amr Youssef
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE)
Research Interests
Cryptography on the Blockchain, Zero Knowledge Proofs, Privacy
Highlighted Work
Verifiable Sealed-Bid Auction on the Ethereum Blockchain
Contact
N/A
Website
Concordia University
Gengrui (Edward) Zhang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests
consensus algorithms; fault tolerance; blockchain+X; performance optimization
Highlighted Work
Cabinet: Dynamically Weighted Consensus Made Fast [VLDB'25]
Contact
gengrui.zhang@concordia.ca
Website
Concordia University
Kaiwen Zhang
Software and IT Engineering
Research Interests
performance modeling, decentralized applications, smart contracts, decentralized machine learning, layer 2, quantum random number generation, cryptocurrency forensics
Highlighted Work
Blockchain for energy credits and certificates: a comprehensive review
Contact
kaiwen.zhang@etsmtl.ca
Website
École de technologie supérieure