Michelle Mazurek is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she also directs the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. Her research aims to understand and support the human elements of digital security- and privacy-decision making. Recent projects include examining how and why developers make security and privacy mistakes; examining how security and privacy information is distributed via YouTube influencers; and analyzing how users learn about and decide whether to adopt security advice. Dr. Mazurek has served as Program Chair for the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) and the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS), and currently chairs the Security Usability and Measurement track for the 2026 ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). She has received a number of awards, including the NSF CAREER award, DARPA Young Faculty Award, the NSA's Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper award, and several distinguished paper awards. She received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.