Current Senior Cybersecurity Operations Engineer and Local Agency Security Officer for ASU. Former researcher specializing in cybersecurity and encryption protocol

Parast is an Eminent Scholar at the Del E. Webb School of Construction. His current research is focused on supply chain risk and resilience management, and process and product innovation.

Tian Lu's research interests center around dynamically learning the interaction between humans, algorithms, and IT applications, leading to adaptive decision-making in high-stakes contexts.