Aviv Yaish is a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, where he makes and breaks distributed systems by bridging economic theory and practical systems security. His approach is driven by a philosophy of constructive deconstruction: pushing systems to their limits is key to making them robust. His contributions have been recognized by several communities: security (CCS Distinguished Paper), economics (Annual CBER Best Paper), and industry (bounties from the Ethereum Foundation and Flashbots). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University (HUJI), where he served as the sole lecturer for two courses and received a teaching excellence award. During his studies, he was also a research consultant at Matter Labs. His honors include the AIANI and Jabotinsky fellowships, and inclusion in CBER’s Rising Stars and HUJI’s 40 Under 40 lists.