Mengqian Zhang

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, fortunate to be advised by Prof. Elaine Shi. I am also a member of Secure Blockchain Initiative (SBI) by CyLab.

Prior to this, I was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Computer Science at Yale University, hosted by Prof. Fan Zhang, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Stern School of Business of New York University, hosted by Prof. Xi Chen and Prof. Elynn Chen. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, fortunately advised by Prof. Xiaotie Deng, and I was visiting the Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, Peking University from July 2019 to December 2022. I obtained my B.E. in Computer Science from Ocean University of China in 2018.

My research interests mainly include blockchain, decentralized finance, algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, and FinTech.

Email: mengqian (dot) cs (at) gmail (dot) com

News

Oct 1, 2026
MEV in Batch Auctions won the Best DeFi Paper Award at the ACM CCS Workshop on Decentralized Finance and Security 2026 (DeFi'26)!
Jul 30, 2026
Boost+: Equitable, Incentive-Compatible Block Building has been accepted by NDSS 2027!
May 8, 2026
Excited to join the program committee for AFT 2026!
Apr 14, 2026
Excited to give three guest lectures on decentralized finance (DeFi) at CMU this semester!
Jan 20, 2026
Excited to join the program committee for EC 2026!
Dec 1, 2025
Super excited to join CMU!
Nov 24, 2025
A Trilemma in AMM Mechanism Design has been accepted by FC 2026!
May 13, 2025
MEV in Batch Auctions has been accepted by EC 2025!
Sep 13, 2024
Excited to join the program committee for FC 2025!
Jul 9, 2024
Honored to be selected as the TLDR Fellow!
May 6, 2024
Honored to receive Ethereum Foundation Academic Grant!