Priya holds a PhD in mathematics from ANU and has over ten years experience as a lecturer and researcher at ANU, Columbia University & UNSW. Her research has focussed on mathematics for finance and she has applied this research to consult to ASX listed companies. Priya also co-founded a financial technology startup that provides online ordering and analytics to the hospitality sector. Her current interests involve the valuation of decentralised digital assets and the exploration of decentralised business models. The future of distributed energy production presents interesting opportunities to create digital assets or smart contracts that facilitate the efficient trading of energy at the household level. Priya is collaborating with Spot Energy on a seed linkage project to explore digital assets in this context