Dr. Sam L. Thomas is a security researcher and former academic from the UK. His interests include reverse engineering, malware detection, and static analysis. Before leaving academia, he completed post-docs in France (at CNRS) and the UK (at the University of Birmingham) and was Maître de conférences at CentraleSupélec, France. His PhD thesis focused on devising novel approaches to detect backdoors in embedded device firmware. He has presented his research at numerous internationally renowned academic conferences, including CHES, RAID, ESORICS, and DIMVA. He has also served on the program committees for DIMVA (2019-2022) and WOOT (2019, 2020).