{"id":92,"date":"2020-12-29T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karolinagorna.net\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:11:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karolinagorna.net\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RESEARCH & ACADEMIC PROFILE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in cybersecurity (2023\u2013present) at T\u00e9l\u00e9com Paris<\/a>,
Institut Polytechnique de Paris, in collaboration with Ledger Donjon<\/a>. My doctoral
research investigates the security properties of Layer 2 blockchain protocols, with
particular emphasis on rollup constructions, zkEVM implementations, and cross-layer
security guarantees. I conduct this work under the supervision of Prof. Rida Khatoun
(T\u00e9l\u00e9com Paris), Dr. Yannick Seurin, and Nicolas Iooss (Ledger Donjon), bridging
academic research with industrial security practice. Further details are available
on <\/strong>th\u00e8se.fr<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to my doctoral studies, I completed intensive preparatory classes (Classes
Pr\u00e9paratoires aux Grandes \u00c9coles) in Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics before
entering T\u00e9l\u00e9com SudParis<\/a>, a leading French engineering institution and member of
both Institut Polytechnique de Paris and the Institut Mines-T\u00e9l\u00e9com network. I
graduated with a Master of Science and Engineering Degree (Dipl\u00f4me d’Ing\u00e9nieur),
specializing in Cybersecurity with coursework spanning telecommunications, computer
science, networks, and electronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2022, I earned the ESSI certification (Expert en S\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Syst\u00e8mes
d’Information) from ANSSI<\/a>, the French National Cybersecurity Agency, demonstrating
advanced expertise in information systems security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My academic trajectory reflects a sustained commitment to understanding the formal
foundations of secure systems while maintaining strong connections to practical
implementation challenges in decentralized technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EXPERIENCE<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

October 2022 – Now<\/strong>
Software security engineer and PhD candidate at Ledger<\/a>
<\/strong><\/mark>
July 2023 – January 2024<\/strong>
Learning Facilitator at MIT Professional Education<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2023 – July 2023<\/strong>
Teacher for Master Students at AFORP – P\u00f4le Formation UIMM \u00cele-de-France<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Febuary 2022 – August 2022<\/strong>
Cybersecurity and Blockchain engineering intern at Blockchain Partner by KPMG<\/a>
<\/mark><\/strong>
2019 – 2022<\/strong>
KRYPTOSPHERE<\/a><\/strong><\/mark>
2022 – now: Alumni
2021 – 2022: President of the Board, KRYPTOSPHERE FRANCE <\/strong><\/mark>
2020 – 2021: President of the TSP\/IMTBS Antenna <\/strong><\/mark>
2019 – 2020: Partnership manager<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KRYPTOSPHERE IMT Paris – Octobre 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

2015 – 2016
<\/strong>Research volunteer at <\/strong><\/mark>MATH.en.JEANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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