Elisabeth Oswald
Professor
University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Elisabeth began her journey at the Technical University in Graz, where she initiated research into side channel attacks and countermeasures as part of her PhD research. Thereafter, she joined the University of Bristol as a lecturer in 2006. In Bristol she was part of one of the most prolific and vibrant crypto research groups in Europe. Over the years, she progressed through the ranks, helped by a number of highly cited research works and projects all facilitated by the fantastic crypto research group she was part of. In 2010 she was awarded an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship; whilst just having progressed to senior lecturer, which enabled her to considerably expand her research lab in Bristol. In 2016 she was awarded a highly sought after ERC Consolidator Grant. She also was promoted full professor in Applied Cryptography at Bristol; as first woman to be awarded a chair in the Computer Science department. Since 2020 she has been a full professor in Cybersecurity at the University of Klagenfurt. Elisabeth’s project portfolio in the UK can be best viewed via the UKRI website. Notice that Elisabeth switched to CI of LADA after her move to Klagenfurt.