# Eden Kamar

Eden Kamar is a remote worker on Himalayas, Assistant Professor at Georgia State University, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@edenkamar

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Assistant professor and interdisciplinary cybersecurity & cybercrime researcher.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Job categories | Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity Researcher, Digital Forensics Specialist, Research Director, Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Coordinator, Lecturer, Public Policy Researcher, Associate Professor, Adjunct Professor, Academic Staff |
| Skills | Honeypot Deployment, OSINT, Digital Forensics, Big Data, AI Tools, Interpretable PCA, Phishing SMiShing Research, Research Methodologies, Teaching, Research Methods |

## What I'm looking for

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I seek research-driven academic or industry roles focused on cybersecurity and cybercrime, collaborative interdisciplinary teams, opportunities to lead funded projects, engage with policy/law enforcement, and mentor students while advancing applied prevention technologies.
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## About

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I am an interdisciplinary cybersecurity researcher and assistant professor specializing in cybercrime, user security, and technology-facilitated exploitation. I have over a decade of experience leading large-scale international research collaborations, securing grants, building academic–industry partnerships, and engaging with law enforcement to translate research into practice.

My work spans honeypot design, OSINT analysis, digital forensics, and applied experiments on online fraud, identity theft, and child protection, with publications in Decision Support Systems, Computers in Human Behavior, and Crime & Delinquency. I combine advanced methodologies (AI/ML, big-data analysis, interpretable analytics) with teaching and policy engagement to improve cybersecurity behavior and prevention.
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## Experience

### Assistant Professor (current)

Georgia State University. Jan 2024 - Present

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Tenure-track assistant professor in Criminology & Criminal Justice leading research and teaching on cybercrime, digital forensics, and technology-facilitated exploitation; secured external grants and developed cybersecurity-related courses.
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Skills: Cybercrime, Digital-Forensics, Teaching, OSINT

### Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group. Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

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Conducted remote postdoctoral research on large-scale cybercrime experiments, OSINT analyses, and applied evaluations of security interventions to inform policy and industry practices.
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Skills: OSINT, Experimental-Design, Data-Analysis, Research-Collaboration

### Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

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Postdoctoral fellow at the Minerva Center for Child & Youth Human Rights conducting research on online sexual grooming, technology-facilitated abuse, and prevention strategies influencing child-protection policy.
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Skills: Child-Protection-Research, Grooming, Digital-Forensics, OSINT

### Associate Lecturer

London Metropolitan University. Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

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Taught criminology and policing modules with a focus on cybercrime and contextualised technology-related risks for undergraduate students, contributing to curriculum delivery and assessment.
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Skills: Teaching, Curriculum-Development, Criminology, Policing, Assessments, Academic-Support

### Researcher

Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group. Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

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Conducted research on online fraud, identity theft, and vulnerability analysis using honeypots and OSINT to produce evidence-based findings for academia, industry, and law enforcement.
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Skills: OSINT, Identity-Theft-Analysis, Data-Collection, Digital-Forensics, Collaboration, Report-Writing

### Research Coordinator & Lecturer

Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

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Coordinated research projects and lectured on cybercrime and technology modules, supporting large-scale studies and supervising students in criminological methods and cybersecurity topics.
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Skills: Teaching, Criminological-Methods, Cybercrime, OSINT, Student-supervision, Lecture-Delivery

## Education

### Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Doctor of Philosophy, Criminology

Activities and societies: Doctoral Research Grant (PI); Einstein-Kaye Doctoral Fellowship

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PhD in Criminology with a dissertation on situational opportunities of online sexual grooming of children and adolescents.
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### University of Cambridge

Master of Philosophy, Criminological Research

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MPhil in Criminological Research focusing on interdisciplinary methods in cybercrime and digital forensics.
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### London Metropolitan University

Bachelor of Science, Criminology & Psychology

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Honours Bachelor degree combining criminology and psychology with coursework relevant to cybercrime and policing.
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## Tech stack

- Gmail
- Evidence

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