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Education

  • 12/2019 – 07/2025
    Dr.-Ing. Computer Science, summa cum laude
    CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security – Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 10/2017 – 11/2019
    MS Computer Science, excellent
    Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 10/2013 – 10/2017
    BS Media Informatics, good
    Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Appointments

  • 10/2025 – Present
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) – UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California
  • 02/2025 – 08/2025
    Visiting Faculty
    Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan
  • 12/2019 – 03/2025
    Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
    CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security – Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 03/2019 – 04/2025
    Project Manager, HORIZON 2020 EU Grant
    Max Planck Institute for Informatics – Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 01/2019 – 11/2019
    Graduate Research Assistant
    CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security – Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Grants and Awards

  • LUMS Faculty Initiative Fund (FIF)
    • Co-PI “Exploring Privacy Compliance Beyond Borders: Developer Challenges and Global Norms in Unregulated Contexts” (1.5M PKR ≈ $5,000)
  • DAAD IFI Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Full fellowship awarded for academic excellence and research proposal merit (~$95,000)
  • ACM CHI’25 Honorable Mention Award
    • Awarded to top 5% of papers
  • Busy Beaver Teaching Award – ST’23
    • Recognized for outstanding teaching in “Advanced Lecture on Usable Security and Privacy”