Faculty & Research Fellows

DCM Core brings together senior practitioners, quantitative researchers, and policy experts to define the standards of programmable finance.

Leadership

Executive Director

Joan Lyczak

Expert in institutional DLT rails and regulatory arbitrage. Architect of DCM's strategic engagement framework for Tier-1 banks and market infrastructure providers.

Mkt Infrastructure Institutional Adoption

Research Fellows

Lead Research Fellow

Dr. Alexandre Dubois

Specialized in financial stability and non-linear risk modeling. Lead author of the GDARI framework and systemic stress tests for tokenized markets.

Systemic Risk Quant Modeling
Fellow — Regulatory Strategy

Marc-Antoine Lemarchand

Former regulatory counsel specializing in MiCA and DORA implementation. Translating complex pan-European policy into technical risk architectures.

MiCA / DORA Legal Architecture
Fellow — RWA Infrastructure

Elena Rostova

Focus on the settlement finality of tokenized securities. Leading benchmarks for repo markets and automated lifecycle events on public DLT.

RWA Settlement DVP Protocols

Principal Fellows & Advisors

Senior Advisor

Dr. Julian Thorne

Quant modeling expert focusing on liquidity contagion. Advises the institute on market microstructure and high-frequency risk drivers.

Financial Stability
Principal Fellow

Erik Vance

Specialist in wholesale CBDC and institutional private ledger interoperability (Canton/SWIAT).

Network Architecture