Background

Professional Experience

  • February 2007 - current: Project Scientist, Computer Science Department, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.
  • September 2001 - November 2006: Research Assistant with Prof. Michael Franz, Computer Science Department, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, USA.
  • July 2002 - December 2002: Leave of Absence from UCI, Research Assistant with Prof. Wolfgang Schroeder-Preikschat, Computer Science Department, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
  • December 2000 - August 2001: Research Assistant with Prof. Wolfgang Schroeder-Preikschat, Distributed Systems and Operating Systems Institute, Computer Science Department, University of Magdeburg, Germany.

Educational Background

  • March 2004 - March 2005: UCI’s Research Administration Management Program (RAMP). I was the first student to ever graduate from this program.
  • September 2001 - November 2006: PhD Student at the University of California, Irvine.
  • September 1996 - April 2001: Master’s Degree in Computer Science (Diplom Informatiker), University of Magdeburg, Germany.
  • September 1999 - June 2000: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (dual-degree program with the University of Magdeburg).

Community Involvement

  • September 2003 - September 2006: Chair of the GSHIP Committee.
  • December 2002 - present: Ex-officio Member of the Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHIP) Committee, which makes recommendations to the UCI administration regarding the health care plan for graduate students.

Awards

  • July 2006: Associate Graduate Students Debbie Davis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Advocacy and Leadership.