The Judges
All applications for XRPL Grants are reviewed by members of the XRPL Grants Judging Committee.
XRPL Grants relies on a diverse panel of judges from around the world. Each is a respected member of their industry and among academia, bringing key expertise in the blockchain or crypto space.

Dr. Sanjay Bapna
Chair of the Department of Information Science and Systems and the National FinTech Center Associate Director, Morgan State University

Sean Bennett
Co-Founder, Stronghold

Jordan Cates
Developer Advocate, Anchain.AI

Vivek Chauhan
Principal Product Manager, FalconX

Jasmine Cooper
Senior Product Manager, RippleXs

Kenneth Chung
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania

Lauren Feld
GTM, Collective Works

Yebo Feng
Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University

Carl Hua
Investment Partner & CTO, Shima Capital

Chris Jimison
CTO, Forte

Lukasz Kowalski
Lecturer, Industry Fellow, and Co-Director Blockchain X-Lab SCET, UC Berkeley

Ajit Kulkarni
Senior Product Manager, RippleX

Alejandro Laplana
CEO, Shokworks, Inc

Elliot Lee
Engineering Manager, RippleX

Dr. Kerby Lynch
Community Researcher and Program Manager, Ceres Policy Research

Aanchal Malhotra, PhD
Head of Research, RippleX

Andrew Mangle
Assistant Professor, Bowie State University

Shashwat Mittal
Senior Product Manager, RippleX

Marco Neri
Senior Manager, Developer Advocate, RippleX

Peter Rosberg
Carbon Markets Product Management, RippleX

Apoorva Sahay
Associate, Climate Intelligence Program, RMI

Mayukha Vadari
Senior Software Engineer, Interoperability, RippleX

Jiahua Xu, Ph.D.
Programme Director MSc Emerging Digital Technologies, University College London

Bo Yang
Associate Professor, Bowie State University

Max Zheng
Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group

Jan Zibelnik
Product Manager, BlockWallet
XRPL Grants seeks to continue to expand the panel of judges to increase the level and diversity of expertise in judging. If you are interested in becoming a member of the judging committee for XRPL Grants, please send an email outlining your experience to info@xrplgrants.org
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