CV

Education

• PhD Quantum Information and Cryptography (expected 2027)
  CASA: Cybersecurity in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries & Ruhr University Bochum
• M.Sc. IT-Security / Information Technology (2024)
  Ruhr University Bochum
• M.Sc. Mathematics (Minor Computer Science) (2024)
  Ruhr University Bochum
• B.Sc. IT-Security / Information Technology (2022)
  Ruhr University Bochum
• B.Sc. Mathematics (Minor Computer Science) (2022)
  Ruhr University Bochum
• Abitur (A-levels: Mathematics, Physics, Latin) (2018)
  Priv. Martin-Butzer-Gymnasium Dierdorf

Work experience

• Research Assistant (2024 - today)
  Ruhr University Bochum
• Teaching Assistant (2019 - 2024)
  Ruhr University Bochum
  
• Intern (Summer 2021)
  secunet Security Networks AG, Division Homeland Security, Team Cryptographic Systems and Applications

Awards & Scholarships

• Valedictorian IT-Security
  2024
  for outstanding achievements in the degree programme “M.Sc. IT-Sicherheit / Informationstechnik”
  500 € sponsored by Edgeless Systems
• Award for best M.Sc. Mathematics thesis (Summer 2023 - Summer 2024)
  2024
  in recognition of his outstanding Master’s thesis
  250 € sponsored by the Support Association for Mathematics at Ruhr University Bochum
• Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship)
  2018 - 2024
  for outstanding achievements and special commitment
  300 € per month (approx. 20,000 € in total) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in cooperation with Dr. Hans Paul Bürkner (2018 - 2019) and Horst Görtz Foundation (2019 - 2024)
• DPG Bookprize (German Physical Society)
  2018
  for excellent performance in Physics
• DPG Abiturprize (German Physical Society)
  2018
  for very good performance in Physics
  one year free membership in the German Physical Society

Selected Publications

• A bound on the quantum value of compiled nonlocal games
  QIP’25 (Short Plenary Talk)
  Alexander Kulpe, Giulio Malavolta, Connor Paddock, Simon Schmidt, Michael Walter

Selected Talks

• Compiled Nonlocal Games
  CASA Colloquium 2024
  Ruhr University Bochum
• Time-Memory Tradeoffs for Subset Sum and Decoding
  Talk Master Thesis 2024
  Ruhr University Bochum
• Overview of Mahadev’s protocol for classical verification of quantum computations
  PhD Interview Technical Talk 2023
  Max-Planck Institute for Security & Privacy, Ruhr University Bochum

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant/Grading Homework etc.
  Algorithm Paradigms (2x), Cryptography (2x), Discrete Mathematics I, Discrete Mathematics II (2x), Higher Mathematics I for Applied CS, Public Key Cryptanalysis, Quantum Information and Computation
• Teaching Assistant/Exercise Supervisor
  Cryptography, Mathematics I for CS and IT-Security, Quantum Information and Computation