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Wessel van Woerden

Researcher in Cryptology

PQShield

Hi, currently I am working as a cryptography researcher at PQShield. Before this I was a post-doctoral researcher in the Number Theory group at the Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux. From 2018 to 2022 I was a PhD student of Léo Ducas at CWI in Amsterdam, and I obtained my doctorate at Leiden University in February 2023.

I like working on the border between Mathematics and Computer Science, with a main love for algorithms. Lattices are a returning object in my research: tensored root lattices (BsC Thesis), enumeration of perfect lattices (MsC Thesis), and lattice based cryptanalysis (PhD).

Interests

  • Cryptanalysis
  • Lattices
  • Algorithms

Education

  • Researcher in Cryptology, Currently

    PQShield

  • Post-doc in Cryptology, 2025

    Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux

  • PhD in Cryptology, 2023

    Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) & Leiden University

  • MSc in Mathematics, 2018

    Leiden University

  • BSc in Mathematics & Computer Science, 2016

    Leiden University