Curriculum Vitae

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Education

since 12/2023
Doctoral StudentDoctoral Student in Cryptography
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Topics: Threshold Cryptography, Adaptive Security, Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions, Password-Based Cryptography
Supervisor: Dominique Schröder
10/2021–09/2023
Master of Science with DistinctionM.Sc. with Distinction in Computer Science
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Topics: Cryptography, Cyber Security, and IT-Forensics
Thesis: Phoenix rises once again: How to defeat the (PW-)Hero
Grade: 1.0 (best degree of the semester)
Note: Completed while caring for a child full-time (02/2022–11/2023)
10/2017–05/2022
Bachelor of Science with DistinctionB.Sc. with Distinction in Computer Science
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Topics: Cryptography
Thesis: Securing Passwords against Offline Dictionary Attacks
Grade: 1.1

Work

Professional Experience

since 2023
University Research Assistant (Applied Cryptography)
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
2020–2021
Student Employee (Software Development in C#)
Siemens AG - Digital IndustriesSiemens AG
2019–2020
University Teaching Assistant (System Programming I & II)
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
2018
Student Employee (Software Development in C#)
Siemens AG - Energy ManagementSiemens AG

Parental Leave

12/2025–11/2026
Part-time parental leave, working 30 h/week
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
05/2025–07/2025
Full-time parental leave
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
08/2024–09/2024
Full-time parental leave
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergFAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Research Visits

08/2025–09/2025
Research Visit (UC Irvine, USA)
Hosted by Prof. Stanislaw Jarecki

Awards and Scholarships

2024
Jury Award at TechFak Science Slam (500€)
Awarded for the slam "Password-Hardening - The Solution to the Password Problem" (in German)
2024
ASQF Best Thesis Award (500€)
Awarded for the master thesis "Phoenix Rises Once Again: How to Defeat the (PW-)Hero"
2020–2023
German Academic Scholarship Foundation (300€ per Month)
Awarded for outstanding academic potential (extended in 2021 and 2022)

Supervised Students

2026
Samuel Huber (Master Thesis)
An Analysis of SecureDNA Continued
2025
Tabea Stengl (Bachelor Thesis)
An Analysis of SecureDNA
2025
Matthias Flosbach (Bachelor Thesis)
Parameter Selection for LWR-based PRFs

Teaching Activities

Winter 26/27
Introduction to Modern Cryptography (Lecture)
Teaching Assistant
Summer 26
Cryptography and Its Impact (Seminar)
Organizer
Winter 25/26
Cryptography in Secure Messaging (Seminar)
Organizer
Summer 25
Cryptography and Its Impact (Seminar)
Organizer
Winter 24/25
Cryptography in Secure Messaging (Seminar)
Organizer
Summer 24
Introduction to Algorithms (in German) (Lecture)
Guest Lecturer

Community Service

Program Committee

27USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX) USENIX
26European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) ESORICS

External Reviews (Selected)

24,25IACR International Cryptology Conference (CRYPTO) CRYPTO
24,26IACR International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques (EUROCRYPT) EUROCRYPT
26IACR International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security (ASIACRYPT) ASIACRYPT
24,25ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) CCS
25IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptography (PKC) PKC
24,25,26European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) ESORICS
24,26,27IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSF) CSF

Peer-reviewed

2026
Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, Davide Li Calsi, Luigi Russo, Dominique Schröder, and Arkady Yerukhimovich
ASIACRYPT
Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, Jonathan Katz, and Dominique Schröder
ASIACRYPT
2025
Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, and Dominique Schröder
ASIACRYPT
Behzad Abdolmaleki, Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, Mike Graf, Mojtaba Khalili, Daniel Rausch, and Dominique Schröder
ASIACRYPT
Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, Daniel Rausch, and Dominique Schröder
CRYPTO

Preprints

2026
Ruben Baecker, Paul Gerhart, Stanislaw Jarecki, Phillip Nazarian, Daniel Rausch, and Dominique Schröder
eprint.iacr.org

Talks

2025
Password-Hardened Encryption Revisited
ASIACRYPT · Melbourne, AU
Universally Composable Password-Hardened Encryption
ASIACRYPT · Melbourne, AU
A Fully-Adaptive Threshold Partially-Oblivious PRF
CRYPTO · Santa Barbara, CA