DeFi Research Lead
Sarah Williams is the DeFi Research Lead at BlackPearlBitcoin, specializing in decentralized finance protocols, yield strategies, and smart contract security. Before joining BlackPearlBitcoin, Sarah worked as a smart contract auditor at CertiK, where she reviewed over 200 DeFi protocols and identified critical vulnerabilities in major projects. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford with a focus on distributed systems. Sarah is a regular contributor to DeFi Pulse and has taught blockchain development courses at Consensys Academy. Her research on liquid staking derivatives and restaking mechanisms has been cited by Vitalik Buterin.
