A short overview of my professional life. A more formal CV can be found here as pdf.

Senior Security Engineer

Mozilla Inc, October 2015 until now

Security Engineering Intern

Mozilla Inc, May 2015 - July 2015

Web Administrator for FMS Group

University of Surrey, May 2014 - September 2015

Server Administrator for Group Server

University of Surrey, March 2013 - September 2015

Teaching Assistance

University of Surrey, January 2013 - September 2015

  • 2014-2015 Semester 2:
    • Multimedia Security and Digital Forensics
    • Secure Systems and Applications
  • 2014-2015 Semester 1:
    • Induction Tutorials
    • Information and Network Security
    • Symmetric Cryptography
    • Asymmetric Cryptography
    • Web Publishing and Databases
  • 2013-2014 Semester 2:
    • Web Hacking & Countermeasures
    • Technologies and Applications
    • Parallel Architectures
    • Advanced Multimedia Security
  • 2013-2014 Semester 1:
    • Induction Tutorials
    • Foundations of Computing
  • 2012-2013 Semester 2:
    • Web Hacking & Countermeasures
Software Developer

Flexsecure GmbH, November 2009 - October 2012

Education

PhD in Computer Science (Cryptographic Protocols)

University of Surrey, January 2013 – February 2016

Working on password-based authentication in the PRIMAKE project. The Private Multi-Party Authentication and Key Exchange (PRIMAKE) project aims at the design and analysis of efficient provably private cryptographic protocols that will form a basis for a range of privacy-preserving applications. PRIMAKE protocols will give users full control over their own data, protect their anonymity, and eliminate user profiling. PRIMAKE protocols will have formal proofs of security and privacy, obtained using modern cryptographic techniques.

M.Sc. in Computer Sciences (distinction)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, October 2010 – October 2012

M.Sc. in IT-Security (distinction)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, October 2010 – October 2012

B.Sc. in Computer Sciences (honours)

Technische Universität Darmstadt, October 2007 – October 2010

Scientific Service

Conference Reviews
  • 2018: Crypto, ISC
  • 2015: PKC
  • 2014: FC, ESORICS, Asiacrypt, PKC
Journal Reviews
  • IET Information Security
  • Journal of Computer and System Sciences

Talks

  • HACL* in Mozilla Firefox

    RWC, January 2018, Zürich

  • Universally Composable Two-Server PAKE

    ISC, September 2016, Honolulu

  • Oblivious PAKE – Efficient Handling of Password Trials

    ISC, September 2016, Honolulu

  • Zero-Knowledge Password Policy Checks and Verifier-Based PAKE

    ESORICS, September 2014, Wroclaw

  • Distributed Smooth Projective Hashing and its Application to 2Server PAKE

    CryptoForma, May 2014, York and ACNS, June 2014, Lausanne

  • Secure Mobile Logins

    UoS Seminar, February 2014, Guildford

  • Oblivious PAKE: Efficient Handling of Password Trials

    CryptoForma, April 2013, Microsoft Research, Cambridge

  • Practical Security in E-Mail Applications

    SAM, July 2012 Las Vegas