Curriculum Vitae

I am a professor at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), where I lead the Digital Sovereignty Lab (DigiSoul). Since 2022, I am a principal investigator (PI) in the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence CASA “Securing the Digital Society”, which currently is in its second funding phase. In 2023, I was a visiting professor at the Keio University in Japan, which I also visited for six months during my PhD in 2019. Before joining RUB, I briefly was a junior professor at the Leibniz University in Hannover at the chair Human-Centered Security of Prof. Sascha Fahl and a postdoctoral researcher in GIST research section at the University of Glasgow, UK. Since 2020, I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Between my bachelor and master degree, I first travelled alone through 23 countries over a period of 9 months. After that, I briefly worked as a web consultant for Areasix GmbH. In September 2013, I joined the DAAD programme Language and Practical Experience in Japan (SP Japan). First, I learned Japanese language and culture before I conducted two research internships at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA and the National Institute of Informatics (NII).

🠶 My complete CV can be downloaded here.

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Education

🎓 2017-2020: Ph.D., Computer Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; summa cum laude
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser
Thesis topic: Privacy-Sovereign Interaction

🎓 2015-2017: Master of Science, Computer Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Minor: Human Sciences, focus on psychology
Semester abroad at the University of Latvia

🎓 2008-2012: Bachelor of Science, Applied Computer Science, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Application Subject: Mathematical Modelling