Elizabeth Lin

Researcher @ Socket Labs
PhD candidate @ NC State

Hi

I’m Elizabeth, a security researcher at Socket Labs and a computer science PhD candidate at the Wolfpack Security and Privacy Research Lab at NC State.

I focus on software supply chain security, working on both technical studies (static analysis with CodeQL, threat modeling) and qualitative research (interviews, user studies) to understand and solve real-world security problems:

  • 🏆 Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2024 for work on VS Code extension security affecting 6M+ users
  • 📊 Conducted user studies with 20+ industry professionals on vulnerability management practices (USENIX Security 2025)
  • 🎤 Presented at NDSS, USENIX Security, VulnCon, and InfoSeCon

(More about my research here)

I’ve also had experience with full stack web development with JavaScript, and I enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation.