This page provides an overview of my current and past positions and major roles in academia. Selected fellowships and awards are also listed here.
| 2022 - | Universitätsprofessor (W3), Head of Privacy and Applied Cryptography Lab RI CODE and Department of Computer Science, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany |
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| 2020 - 2022 | Head of Department Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
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| 2014 - 2022 | Deputy Director Surrey Centre for Cyber Security (SCCS), University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
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| 2012 - | Visiting Professor (since September 2024) Reader in Security (promoted in August 2020, affiliated March 2022 - August 2024) Senior Lecturer in Security (until August 2020) Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey, United Kingdom |
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| 2012 - 2015 | apl. Professor, Head of Cryptographic Protocols Group Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany |
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| 2009 - 2015 | Principal Investigator former Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) and European Center for Security and Privacy by Design (EC SPRIDE), became later National Research Centre for Applied Cybersecurity, Germany |
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| 2009 - 2012 | Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor), Head of Cryptographic Protocols Group Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany In 2012 I successfully passed mid-term evaluation of my assistant professorship. |
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| 2007 - 2009 | Senior Researcher at UCL Crypto Group (led by Jean-Jacques Quisquater) Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
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| 2007 | Dr.-Ing. degree (with distinction) from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany PhD thesis: Provably Secure Group Key Exchange. Advisors: Jörg Schwenk, David Pointcheval (ENS Paris) |
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| 2006 - 2007 | Representative in the Board of Directors Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, Bochum, Germany |
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| 2003 - 2007 | Researcher at Network and Data Security Group (led by Jörg Schwenk) Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany |
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| 2001 - 2003 | Internship at Siemens AG, Braunschweig, Germany | |
| 1999 - 2003 | Diploma and M.Sc. degrees in computer science from Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2016 | Best Paper Award at the 19th Information Security Conference (ISC 2016) |
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| 2014 | Best Paper Award at the 6th International Conference on Trustworthy Systems (InTrust 2014) |
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| 2011 | Best Student Paper Award at the 5th IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop on Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP 2011) |
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| 2010 | E-Teaching Award 2010 by Carlo and Karin Giersch-Stiftung, TU Darmstadt |
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| 2008 | Inventor Challenge 2008 Best Patent Award by Ruhr-Universität Bochum and rubitec GmbH |
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| 2002 - 2014 | Fellowship of the Siemens Student Program (TOPAZ) at Siemens AG |