Abdullah is a data researcher conducting investigations into online disinformation networks,
bot cluster identification, and quantifying online harassment/toxicity. As a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, Abdullah is specializing in fast emerging field of Social Cybersecurity that explores cyber-mediated changes in human behavior, cultural and political outcomes, through exploring simple & high dimensional social networks. Prior to this, Abdullah completed his undergraduate from Georgetown University and worked as a political analyst in the Gulf region for four years.