Samara Mayhoub is a Lecturer in Cyber Security at Aston University. She completed a postdoctoral position at the 5G & 6G Innovation Centre (5G/6GIC), University of Surrey, UK (2024), and a second postdoctoral position at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), UK (2025). She completed her PhD in Network Security at Samara National Research University, Russia, in 2022. 

• Transformer-based Foundation models for network traffic analysis
• Security of satellite networks and space–air–ground integrated networks
• O-RAN security
• SDN security
• Intrusion Detection Systems for 5G/6G networks

[2018-2022] Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Network Security — Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia
[2016-2018] Master of Science (MSc), Information Systems and Technologies — MIREA – Russian Technological University, Moscow, Russia

• Lecturer in Cyber Security — Aston University, UK (2026 – present)
• Research Fellow — Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2025 – 2026)
• Research Fellow — Institute for Communication Systems, 5G/6G Innovation Centre (5G/6GIC), University of Surrey, UK (2024 – 2025)
• Assistant Professor — Samara National Research University, Department of Supercomputers and Computer Science, Samara, Russia (2023 – 2024)
• Research / Teaching Assistant — Samara National Research University, Department of Supercomputers and Computer Science, Samara, Russia (2020 – 2023)
• Teaching Assistant — Tishreen University, Department of Electronics and Communications, Latakia, Syria (2013 – 2015)