About


I am passionate about mathematics, cryptography, and the social value they generate. Up until now, several roles gave me the opportunity to put this passion into practice. From private tutor, teaching assistant and (undergraduate, graduate, doctoral) student to university teacher and (post-)doctoral cryptography researcher.

Cryptography brings mathematics to the intersection of information security and privacy. As main tasks, cryptography protects the integrity of our data, communication, and computation with mathematics. In this role as a technical safeguard, cryptography also strengthens our integrity as individuals, society, and economic community. I argue that the net benefit of (properly designed and implemented) cryptographic technology provides a substantial social and economic good.

2024

Shortly after my PhD graduation and subsequent work as post-doctoral cryptography researcher in the Cryptology & Privacy group at the ISEC, I ventured to traverse the Andean mountains by bicycle, from Chile to Colombia.

2019 - 2023

In 2019, I started my doctoral research in the Cryptology & Privacy group at the ISEC. Under the supervision of Christian Rechberger I researched symmetric cryptography, in particular, the design and analysis of arithmetization-friendly cryp­to­graphic primitives. I graduated with Highest Honors as PhD in 2023.

As part of my doctoral research, I co-designed the following cryptographic primitives:

For a detailed list of my peer-reviewed scientific publications, please see the Digital Bibliography and Library Project, a standard reference and tracker for publications in the field of computer science.

2017 - 2019

I graduated with Highest Honors as MSc in Mathematics from Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg in 2017. Right after, I joined the ISEC at Graz University of Technology where I mainly worked on the implementation of crypto­graphic algorithms until 2019.


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