Biography
Dr. Tea Boon Chian is currently a lecturer in Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya. He received a Bachelor of Science (Honour), majoring in Mathematics in 2010, Master of Science in Mathematical Cryptography (by research) in 2015, and Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Cryptography recently in 2023, all from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor. His research areas include public-key encryption and post-quantum cryptography, focusing in mathematical design and analysis. He is also a member of the Malaysian Society of Cryptology Research (MSCR), and currently one of the evaluator panels for the Existing Cryptographic Algorithm for MySEAL (AKSA MySEAL).
In 2021 during his Ph.D. candidature, he participated in the Erasmus+ Ph.D. Mobility at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bazzanella Danilo, the leader of the Cryptography and Number Theory (CrypTO) Research Group. Besides teaching and doing research in the field of cryptography, he is also an active marathoner and has been running around Malaysia in many marathon / running events since 2013.