Ph.D. Network
The CYRENZH Ph.D. Network in Cybersecurity aims to connect excellent students with a master’s degree, supervisors, and funding opportunities and facilitate interdisciplinary research. The network is a “proof of principle” and a precursor to a potential “Cybersecurity Ph.D. Program”. Therefore, the network currently relies on bringing together interested students and supervisors on a case-by-case basis.
Supervisors have expressed an interest in principle in supervising excellent candidates in cybersecurity (technical and non-technical topics). Ph.D. candidates can submit their project proposal (incl. CV, diplomas, project description, and funding) or contact potential supervisors directly. In the first case, the CYRENZH office distributes the research proposals among potential supervisors.
Coordinator: Benjamin Ambühl ()
University of Zurich
Supervisor | Topics |
Markus Christen | Ethics and Cybersecurity |
Karsten Donnay | Security Policy |
Lucas Leemann | Security Policy |
Joachim Rosenthal | Coding Theory, Cryptography |
Christian Schwarzenegger | Computer Crime and Cybercrime |
Burkhard Stiller | Security in Communication and Distributed Systems as well as for Applications and Systems |
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
For these supervisors, an additional university supervisor with right to award doctorates is required.
Supervisor | Topic |
Dirk Baier | Cybercrime |
Nico Ebert | Human Factors in Security and Privacy |
Gürkan Gür | Cybersecurity in Next-Generation Networks |
Markus Hackenfort | Psychology, Sociology, and Security |
Sigrid Hauenberger | Volunteers in Cybersecurity |
Peter Heinrich | Infrastructure Security & Recovery |
Simon Künzli | Embedded Security / IoT Security |
Stephan Neuhaus | Software Security |
Martin Ochoa | Information Security |
Ester Reijnen | Cognitive Psychology and Security |
Marc Rennhard | Software Security |
Andreas Rüst | Embedded Security / IoT Security |
Ariane Trammell | Information Security |
ETH Zurich, D-GESS
Supervisor | Topic |
Verena Zimmermann | Human Factors in Security and Privacy |
Existing PostDocs in Cybersecurity
PostDoc | Topic | Supervision |
Benjamin Ambühl | Human Factors in Cybersecurity | Nico Ebert (ZHAW, SML) Melanie Knieps (UZH, DSI) |
Alberto Huertas | An Intelligent and Privacy-preserving Framework for Providing Secure and Trusted Resource-constrained Sensors | Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) |
Julia Lieb | Coding Theory and Postquantum Cryptography | Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM) |
Bruno Rodrigues | DDoS Mitigation Systems and Strategies | Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) |
Existing Ph.D. students in Cybersecurity
During their Ph.D.s, the students benefit from regular knowledge exchange and networking sessions organized by the Ph.D.s of the CYRENZH team (Contact: Thierry Schaltegger, ).
Are you interested in funding a Ph.D. position (Contact: Nico Ebert, )?
PhD Student | Topic | Supervision |
Jan von der Assen | Threat-based Cyber Risk Management | Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) |
Niklas Gassner | Code Based Cryptography | Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM) |
Christian Killer | Privacy and Verifiability in Decentralized Electronic Voting Systems | Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) Salil Kanhere (UNSW, Australia) |
Fabian Reinhard | Agent-Based Cybersecurity Simulation Modeling | Karsten Donnay (UZH, IPZ) Lucas Leemann (UZH, IPZ) |
Neele Roch | Usable Security | Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-GESS) |
Thierry Schaltegger | Human Factors in Cybersecurity | Nico Ebert (ZHAW, SML) Karsten Donnay (UZH, IPZ) Kurt Ackermann (ZHAW, SML) |
Lorin Schöni | Human Factors in Cybersecurity | Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-GESS) |
Silvia Sconza | Mathematical Primitives for Public Key Cryptography | Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM) |
Wissem Soussi | Machine Learning Driven Cognitive Techniques for Trustworthy and Secure 5G/B5G | Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) Gürkan Gür (ZHAW, SoE) |
Thomas Sutter | Mobile & Operating System Security | Marc Rennhard (ZHAW, SoE) Timo Kehrer (Uni Bern) |
Abigail Sutton | Cryptography | Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM) |
Simran Tinani | Group Based Cryptography | Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM) |
Adrienn Toth | Learning Science | Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-GESS) |