Nasir Ghani, Ph.D., is a Professor of Electrical Engineering, Program Director of the MS in Cybersecurity program and the USF Point-of-Contact for the NSA National Centers for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program. He is also an Academic Director at Cyber Florida, a state center focusing on cybersecurity research and education. Prior to joining USF, he was Associate Chair of the ECE Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He has also held technical research and development positions at several large corporations (including Nokia, IBM, and Motorola) and several startups. His research focus areas include cybersecurity, cyberinfrastructure design, disaster recovery, and online education. His research has been supported by the NSF, DoD, DoE, Qatar Foundation, and several state and industry partners. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Systems, and the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical and Communications & Networking. In addition, he has guest-edited special issues of IEEE Network and IEEE Communications Magazine and has also chaired large symposia events for IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE ICCCN, and IEEE Infocom. He served as chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on High Speed Networking (TCHSN) from 2007-2010. He received an NSF CAREER Award in 2005. He earned a B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo, a M.S. from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo.