Mathematician and blockchain researcher with over a decade of experience spanning academia and Web3, currently working as a Blockchain Researcher at the Web3 Foundation in Zug, Switzerland. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from EPFL, where his research centered on discrete optimization and operations research, alongside master’s degrees from Leiden University and Université de Bordeaux, including thesis work on secret-sharing cryptography published at EUROCRYPT.
Proven record spanning research roles at EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Web3 Foundation, tackling problems from NP-hardness and mixed-integer programming to decentralized algorithms, game theory, computational social choice, and governance. His work bridges rigorous academic training in mathematics with the incentive-design challenges of blockchain systems.
An enthusiast of clean code and elegant data structures, Alfonso values the power of teamwork and clear communication as much as technical depth, qualities that carry through both his research and his work at the Web3 Foundation.
