Fields of Research:
His research focus includes aspects of system security and trusted computing, particularly software exploitation techniques and defenses.

Honours and Awards:
Distinguished Paper Award Finalist at IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P) 2022
3rd Place German IT-Security Prize 2020
Finalist Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Europe 2020
Distinguished Technical Poster Award at NDSS 2019
Finalist Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Europe 2018
Finalist Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Europe 2017
ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award 2016
Finalist Dissertation Prize IT-Security 2015/2016
Best Paper DAC 2015
Best Paper Award ACM ASIACCS 2015
Best Student Paper at IEEE Security & Privacy 2013
Distinguished Paper Award ACM ASIACCS 2013
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2nd Place German IT-Security Prize 2010
1st Place CAST Prize for IT-Security 2010