Nick Yap

Senior Research Manager

Nick is the Senior Research Manager for the Frontier Security team at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS). Before joining IAPS, Nick served as Co-Director of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), leading global programming, development, and operations. As a founding member, he spent ten years managing the Lab’s growth from 2 to 50 staff across 17 countries, building a body of research on information integrity, online harms, and tech governance. Nick holds a BA in International Relations and German from Colgate University and remains a Nonresident Fellow with the Atlantic Council.