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

Sandy Carter
SVP, Unstoppable Domains

Scott Chamberlain
Entrepreneurial Fellow, Australian National University

Brian Dawson
Partner Ecosystem Leader, RippleX

Kenneth Chung
Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Ali Emdad, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor, Graves Business School; Founder and Executive Director, National Center for the Study of Blockchain and FinTech

Yebo Feng
Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, University of Oregon

Chris Jimison
CTO, Forte

Marc Johnson
Environmental Solutions Architect, Protocol Labs - Filecoin Green

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

Klitos Christodoulou, PhD
Assistant Professor at University of Nicosia

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

Marco Neri
XRPL Developer Advocate, RippleX

Dr. Stefanie Roos
Assistant Professor, TU Delft

Peter Rosberg
Carbon Markets Product Management, RippleX

Apoorva Sahay
Associate, Climate Intelligence Program, RMI

Uchi Uchibeke
Director of Developer Relations, Coil

Mayukha Vadari
Software Engineer, Interoperability, RippleX

Esteban van Goor
CEO & Founder, Xange.com

Bo Yang
Associate Professor, Bowie State University

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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