Jan Gorzny

Web3 Researcher

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

PhD graduate from the University of Waterloo (2022) in computer science. Now interested in security, scaling, and formal methods for blockchain technologies.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & Technical Lead at Zircuit
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Zircuit is a blockchain company building scalable and secure Ethereum infrastructure, including a zero-knowledge rollup with AI-powered security features and a growing ecosystem of applications such as Zircuit Finance. I lead protocol development and manage a distributed team of engineers across research, protocol, and infrastructure. I work on protocol architecture, zero-knowledge systems, AI integration, ecosystem partnerships, and technical strategy. I publish research, author protocol specifications, and help shape both Zircuit's architecture and vision.

  • Quantstamp, Inc. (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Head of L2 Scaling
      Mar 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Quantstamp is a blockchain security and research company that helps secure leading Web3 protocols through security audits, formal verification, protocol research, and cryptographic engineering. Led Quantstamp's Layer 2 and zero-knowledge initiatives, combining protocol research, security auditing, and client advisory work. Led security audits for rollups, zero-knowledge proof systems, cryptographic protocols, and blockchain scalability solutions. Served as principal investigator on multiple Ethereum Foundation and Zcash grants, published research, developed zero-knowledge circuits and verification tools, and contributed to advancements in blockchain scalability and security.

    • Blockchain Researcher
      Mar 2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Research Assistant at University of Waterloo
    May 2011 - Aug 2011 · 4 mos

    Created a translator from FORML, a requirements engineering language in development at the University of Waterloo, to Alloy, a first order logic language for SAT problems. The translator automatically added properties to check in order to detect feature interactions in models; this required the identification of potential feature interactions in FORML models.

  • University of Waterloo (1 yr 4 mos)
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Sep 2009 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Developed a simulator for the programming language SMV. Specifically, implemented non-deterministic choice for initializing variables as well as a visual trace of variables and their values during simulation.

    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2010 - Apr 2010 · 4 mos

      Assisted in marking Linear Algebra I assignments.

  • NSERC USRA at University of Toronto
    May 2010 - Aug 2010 · 4 mos

    Developed an Eclipse plug-in for JSCOOP, a simple concurrency extension to Java. Implemented a Java Pathfinder listener to work with JSCOOP code in order to verify JSCOOP programs.