Curriculum Vitae
Brief Bio
I joined the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2016. My research interests are in applied cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies. Before joining FAU, I was a student at the Technical University of Darmstadt and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland. From 2012 to 2015, I was a professor at Saarland University. My research received several awards, such as the humboldt Feodor Lynen research fellowship or the Intel Early Career Faculty Award. I served as an independent (privacy) expert in the Bundestag Health Committee.Employment History
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Full Professor (W3, with tenure)
Saarland University, Germany
Professor (W2, with tenure)
Saarland University, Germany
Assistant Professor (W1, tenure-track)
University of Maryland, United States of America
Postdoctoral Researcher under Jonathan Katz
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Doctoral Student under Marc Fischlin
Education
Technical University Darmstadt
Dr. rer. nat. (with distinction)
Technical University Braunschweig
Diplom Informatiker.~(Diploma/M.Sc.)
Awards and Honours
Feodor Lynen Award
Humboldt Foundation
Efficient Unlinkable Sanitizable Signatures from Signatures with Re-Randomizable Keys
Distinguished Paper
Invited from PKC 2016 to IET IFS Special Issue
Delegtable Functional Signatures
Distinguished Paper
Invited from PKC 2016 to IET IFS Special Issue
(Efficient) Universally Composable Oblivious Transfer Using a Minimal Number of Stateless Tokens
Distinguished Paper
Invited from TCC 2014 to Journal of Cryptology
Intel Early Career Faculty Award
Intel
Awarded to 6 people in Europe (\$35,000)
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
University of Maryland
Dissertation
TU Darmstadt
summa cum laude (with highest honors)
Research Fellow
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
Research visit at the University of Maryland
Best Teaching Assistant Award
TU Darmstadt
Lecture Introduction to Modern Cryptography
Programming Contest N@tkids
Winner of the programming contest ``N@tkids''
akte 2000 and ricardo.de in the third category (5000 DM). Invited to the TV show akte 2000.
Research Visits
Visiting Professor
University of Maryland, USA
Host: Prof. Katz
Visiting Professor
University of Berkeley, USA
Host: Prof. Garg
Visiting Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Host: Prof. Chow
Visiting Professor
University of Maryland, USA
Host: Prof. Katz
Visiting Professor
University of Maryland, USA
Host: Prof. Katz
Research Internship
University of Maryland, USA
Host: Prof. Katz
Governmental
Deutscher Bundestag
Independent expert in the Bundestag Health Committee (Unabhängiger Sachverständiger der Bundesregierung im Gesundheitsausschuss)
Deutscher Bundestag
Independent expert in the Bundestag Health Committee (Unabhängiger Sachverständiger der Bundesregierung im Gesundheitsausschuss)
Deutscher Bundestag
Independent expert in the Bundestag Health Committee (Unabhängiger Sachverständiger der Bundesregierung im Gesundheitsausschuss)