International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The IACR Fellows Program recognizes outstanding IACR members for technical and professional contributions to the field of cryptology. Today we are pleased to announce eight members that have been elevated to the rank of Fellow for 2025:

• Joan Daemen, for co-inventing AES and SHA-3, contributions to symmetric key cryptography, and service to the cryptologic research community.
• Thomas Johansson, for co-inventing SNOW and Grain, advancing cryptanalysis and post-quantum cryptography, and service to the cryptologic research community.
• Anna Lysyanskaya, for contributions to privacy-preserving credentials, and service to the IACR.
• Pascal Paillier, for essential contributions to homomorphic encryption, and service to the cryptologic research community.
• J.R. RAO, for contributions to side channel cryptanalysis, and being an outstanding industrial partner for the cryptologic research community.
• Alon Rosen, for fundamental contributions to the theory of cryptography, and service to the cryptologic research community.
• Elaine Shi, for groundbreaking contributions to the design of ORAM and blockchain technologies, and service to the security research community.
• Bo-Yin Yang, for important contributions to asymmetric cryptography, and outstanding service to the IACR.