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Dr. Sana Hafeez is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Queen Mary University of London, where she is working on the 6G-FINESSE: Is 6G a Friend or a Foe for Physical Layer Security in Quasi-Static Environment sproject in partnership with Keele University, Imperial College London, and the University of Surrey. She also holds the position of Research Assistant at the School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, contributing to the SecureSense project under CHEDDAR UK, in collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University and Coventry University. In 2024, Dr. Sana was recognised as a Global Talent by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom. She is an active member of the Communication and Sensing Group and serves on the Technical Program Committees for IEEE VTC Spring 2024 in Singapore, IEEE VTC Fall 2024 in Washington, DC, USA, IEEE VTC 2025 in Oslo, Norway, and the 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems in 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland, where she is a committee member for the
Distributed Generative AI for Wireless track. Dr. Hafeez holds a PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow, specialising in blockchain-assisted UAV communication network design and optimisation. Her research spans a wide range of advanced fields, including cybersecurity, wireless communication, UAV networks, blockchain technologies, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, beyond 6G wireless technologies, unmanned autonomous vehicles, and drone control systems. Her current research focuses on formal verification techniques, physical layer security, and integrating AI-driven security mechanisms in 6G-enabled health monitoring systems and UAV communications. Dr. Sana has received numerous prestigious scholarships and awards, including the BARMAT – HEC PhD Fully-Funded Scholarship, Linux Foundation Scholarship, Women in Data Science Recognition, and a Research Mobility Scholarship to Canada.