Grants & Awards
2015: NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme VIDI, 800 000 Euro
2014: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO)
2010: NWO Innovational Research Incentives Scheme VENI, 250 000 Euro
Current position
2018-now: Associate Professor (UHD), ILLC, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Past positions
2013-2018: Assistant Professor (UD), ILLC, University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011-2013: Post-Doctoral Researcher, ILLC, University
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007-2011: Post-Doctoral Researcher, CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Advisor: Harry Buhrman
2004-2007: PhD student, BRICS, Computer Science
Department, Aarhus University
PhD advisors: Louis Salvail, Ivan Damgård
PhD thesis: Cryptography in the Bounded-Quantum-Storage Model
Education
1998-2003: Diploma studies in Pure Mathematics at ETH Zurich
Specialisations: Stochastics, Theoretical Computer Science
Diploma Thesis advisors: Ueli Maurer, Renato Renner
Diploma Thesis: Secret-Key Agreement Information-Theoretically Secure Against Active
Adversaries.
02/2001 - 07/2001: Exchange Semester at Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (Paris XI), France
Degrees
Jun 2007: PhD degree, University of Aarhus
Nov 2003: Diploma with distinction in Mathematics, ETH Zurich
Languages
German (Mother Tongue)
English, Dutch, French (fluent written and spoken)
Danish (good knowledge)