Dr. Ryan Wails
Research Scientist
Ryan Wails joined Stealth as a Research Scientist in 2026. Dr. Wails researches computer privacy and security. His work spans covert network communication protocols, high-performance network simulation, secure computation in distributed systems, and path selection in low-latency anonymity systems. Prior to joining Stealth, Dr. Wails was a computer scientist in the formal methods section of the US Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Wails is a former Georgetown Fritz Family Fellow and NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He received a PhD and MS in computer science from Georgetown University and two BS degrees in computer science and mathematics from Penn State.