Reza Derakhshani is an inventor and professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC).
He is known for inventing and developing a biometric security system that uses the patterns of blood vessels in the eyes.
He also is chief science officer of EyeVerify, a Missouri-based startup company that develops and markets biometric security software based on Derakhshani's research.
Derakhshani identified the potential usefulness of the patterns of blood vessels in the sclera — the white part of the eyes — which are unique to each person.
The pattern can be imaged and turned into a digital template, and then encoded with mathematical and statistical algorithms.