Raphaela Mettig is a Cybersecurity Research Specialist in the Applied Cybersecurity Lab at the LSU Center for Computation and Technology. She is interested in all things malware analysis, memory forensics, and reverse engineering. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from Louisiana State University, and is now working part-time towards her PhD in Computer Science also at LSU. During her degrees, she also worked as a cyber threat intelligence analyst and as a product security engineer. Now, she helps build and maintain the cyber research infrastructure for students and faculty alike, while also working on her own doctoral research.

Raphaela is also a lifelong musician. When she’s not hacking, she loves going to concerts, playing guitar, and reading.