Engineering and Information Technology
Biography
Alicia Esquivel Morel is a graduate instructor in the Department of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Missouri and a PhD candidate in computer science. She earned her master’s degree as a Fulbright Scholar at MU. Her research interests include cloud and edge computing, AI-driven security for IoT and mobile networks, federated learning, Zero Trust Architecture, intrusion detection and critical infrastructure resilience. She has co-authored more than 15 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to NSF-funded projects and gained experience in collaborative grant proposal writing. Her work has been recognized with the Outstanding PhD Student Award at MU.
Education
MS in computer science, University of Missouri-Columbia
BS in computer systems analysis, Universidad Tecnológica Intercontinental, PRY
Technical Focus
AI and Machine learning for networking systems
Cybersecurity and zero trust architectures