First name

Stephanie

Last name

Forrest

School, Department, Division or Center

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Academic unit

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Video link

Recognition video

Type of professor

Regents Professor

Year

2025

Promote

Promote to Faculty Excellence - Max 4

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Stephanie Forrest

Bio summary

Professor Stephanie Forrest is a leader in automated software repair, biologically inspired algorithms and computer immunology. As the founding director of ASU’s Biodesign Center for Biocomputation, Security and Society, she conducts research in software security, privacy and digital resilience. An IEEE Fellow, she has about 220 publications and 45,000 citations, and an h-index of 83, with lasting impact in academia, cybersecurity policy and interdisciplinary innovation.