Since 01.10.2021: Professor (W2)

Paderborn University, Germany

01/2018 - 30.09.2021: Junior Professor (W1)

University of Paderborn, Germany

08/2014 - 12/2018: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)

Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A.

01/2013 - 08/2014: NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow (1 of only 6 awardees Canada-wide in Natural Sciences)

Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani.

01/2014 - 05/2014: Simons Postdoctoral Fellow

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Advisor: Umesh Vazirani.

08/2012 - 12/2012: Visiting Lecturer

Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A.

31.08.2012: Doctorate

D. Phil., Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. Supervisor: Prof. Richard Cleve

2006 - 2008: Degree programme

M. Math, University of Waterloo, Canada

2000 - 2005: Degree programme

B. Sc. Computer Science (Co-op), University of Waterloo, Canada

2020: Good Practices Digital Teaching Distinction, Paderborn University

2017: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Faculty Mentor Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

2017: Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

2016: Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

2012: Achievement Award for outstanding research, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada

2010 - 2012: NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada