I received my diploma Informatics (Bioinformatics) from the Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany) and continued my research at the Technische Universität München (Germany). In 2013 I received my certificate for Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) for the research around secure data transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks. From 2013-2018 I joint the Communication Systems Group (CSG) at the University of Zurich (UZH) in Switzerland as Head of "Mobile and Trusted Communications". After several years of visiting status at the Network Security Group at the Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBwM, engl. University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany) I joined the affiliated Research Institute CODE (RI CODE).
My research during 2013-2019 in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile communications, and embedded/distributed systems was concluded with my habilitation at the UZH, leading to my Venia Legendi in Informatics granted for life including teaching license in 2021. It was also accepted at the UniBwM and the title "Dr. habil." as well as the "PD (Privatdozent)" with teaching status were issued. For more details on my theses click here.

Currently, I am the head of the Secure Communication Systems (SeCoSys) Group and the local contact point at RI CODE for the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre Germany (NCC-DE). My research focuses now on cybersecurity in military and civil applications on the ground and in the air. Additionally, I investigate socio-economic factors related to current applications enhancing the acceptance of new technology in manifold areas as well as rising awareness for security and resilience at the same time. I extended the local teaching curriculum with IoT, secure mobile systems, and questions around the crime scene IoT. Details on current research can be found here and linked publications here.

With my expertise I am involved in national/international projects (e.g., NEWSROOM, AMIUS, CONCORDIA, symbIoTe, or SmartenIT) as well as elected as reviewer for cybersecurity calls within the European Funding Program. During the last years together with my Ph.D. candidates and students several awards on IEEE/ACM conferences were won and current research results were presented in national/international events. Further outcomes were integrated in standardization activities in secure and reliable communication. Details about project can be found here, professional activities here, and available positions here.

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Memberships:

• Since 2018 Munich Network Management Team (MNM-Team)
• Since 2015 Deutscher Hochschulverband (German Association of University Professors and Lecturers)
• Since 2014 ASUT Committee for Standards (Normen) and Multi Stakeholder Platform (MSP)
• Since 2012 IEEE
• Since 2011 ACM
• Since 2007 Bioinformatics Organization
• Since 2006 Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)

Alumni:

• University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Technische Universität München, Germany
• M-Chips at DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany
• Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Germany

Social engagement:

• Since 2009 Lion-Club member: until 2016 member in Campus Lions Club Garching (President 2010/2011, since 2011 web administrator), now member in Lions Club Zürich-City (Revisor 2017/2018)
• 2016-2018 Swiss-German Club
• 2009-2013 Medical Courier for Ontime-Courier GmbH
• 2008-2013 Assistant women representative for the faculty computerscience at Technische Universität München, Germany