Kang Li

Position

CSO

Company

CertiK

Dr. Kang Li was formerly the Chief Security Scientist and a Senior Director at Baidu Inc. Before that, he served in various leadership and consulting roles at cyber security enterprises and institutes, including the Institute for Cyber Security and Privacy at UGA, Intel, and Samsung. Kang was also a tenured full professor at the University of Georgia. Dr. Kang Li was the founding mentor of multiple CTF teams, including Blue-Lotus and Team Disekt. He is a frequent speaker at major security conferences, and he is also a DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Finalist. He graduated with a Computer Science Ph.D. degree from OHSU and B.S. degree from Tsinghua University. He also holds a master’s degree from Yale Law School.