Dominik Maier is a Software Engineer at Google, focusing on security. He worked on connectivity and baseband security, and is now part of the Android Red Team. He co-maintains the best-in-class fuzzing engines LibAFL (written in Rust) as well as AFL++.
Dominik received his PhD from the chair of Security in Telecommunications (SecT) at TU Berlin with Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Seifert. The topic of his thesis was Automated Security Testing of Unexplored Targets Through Feedback-Guided Fuzzing. At the same time, he worked as Program Manager Security with AVM GmbH, enhancing the security of personal routers for the German market leader.
In 2017, he received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany). He conducted a study for his project "Secure Smartphone-based Authentication in a Connected World" at NECST-lab of Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
2014 to 2015, he examined the security of device firmware on a large scale at SecLab UC Santa Barbara (CA, USA).
His Bachelor's Thesis, "Obfuscation Techniques for Android Malware to Bypass Sandboxes" - which concluded his studies in Business Informatics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - was awarded the CAST-Förderpreis for the best Bachelor's thesis in the field of IT security in Germany.
As part of a combined study program, concurrently to his undergraduate studies, he held an apprenticeship with DATEV eG, a large German software company, where he earned his IHK -"Computer Science Expert"-certificate in 2013.
He worked on mobile and security development projects, consulting and pentesting, including projects with the German chipcard-reader manufacturer REINER SCT and gained years of experience in the security solutions department at DATEV eG.
In his spare-time he enjoys traveling, taking photos, music, the outdoors, hacking on open-source projects, as well as playing and organizing CTFs.
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