Efrén López-Morales

Department of Computer Science.

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Office: TBD

1290 Frenger Mall

Las Cruces, NM 88003

I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity in the Computer Science department at New Mexico State University.

My research area is computer security. My research interests are Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Security, Satellite Security, and Cyber Deception. My research has been published in top-tier cybersecurity conferences including the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) and the USENIX Security Symposium.

For a comprehensive view of my research and accomplishments please refer to my publications page and CV.

news

Jun 16, 2025 🧙 I successfully defended my dissertation, and I am officially a Doctor of Philosophy! [Photos]
Mar 27, 2025 :newspaper: Our ICS security research was featured in a news article titled “Security Research Gaps Leave Critical Infrastructure Open to Cyberattack” published by Communications of the ACM
Mar 8, 2025 :airplane: I attended the amazing seminar Guardians of the Galaxy: Protecting Space Systems from Cyber Threats :artificial_satellite: at Schloss Dagstuhl in Germany :de: [Photos]