Guillermo Suárez-Tangil promoted to Research Associate Professor at IMDEA Networks

He is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow and has recently been awarded a Leonardo Grant from the Fundación BBVA

22 April 2026

Guillermo Suárez-Tangil has been promoted to Research Associate Professor at IMDEA Networks Institute, following a rigorous and highly competitive selection process. The evaluation committee unanimously highlighted his strong research record, noting that he is “a great asset for the institute.”

Suárez-Tangil is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow and has recently been awarded a Leonardo Grant from the Fundación BBVA, two highly competitive distinctions that recognize research excellence and support innovative scientific work. His research focuses on modeling emerging threats in online communities and developing effective mitigation strategies. His background lies in systems security and malware analysis and detection, with a strong emphasis on smart malware, ranging from the detection of advanced obfuscated malware to the automated analysis of targeted malware.

He has previously served as Assistant Professor at King’s College London. Before that, he was a Senior Research Associate at University College London, where he explored the use of program analysis to study malware. He has also worked on research directions aimed at detecting and preventing Mass-Marketing Fraud (MMF), as well as improving security and privacy in the social web.

Earlier in his career, he held a postdoctoral position at Royal Holloway University of London, where he was part of the development team of CopperDroid, a tool for dynamically testing malware that uses machine learning to model malicious behaviors. He also has solid expertise in building novel machine learning algorithms for malware analysis.

Suárez-Tangil obtained his PhD on smart malware analysis from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid with distinction and received the Best National Student Academic Award in Engineering for 2014–2015, a highly competitive recognition awarded to the best doctoral thesis nationwide, with an acceptance rate of around 1%.

This promotion further strengthens his leadership in cybersecurity research and reinforces IMDEA Networks’ position as a leading international center in network and security research.