Simon is a PhD Researcher within the Cyber Security Centre for Doctoral Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. Prior to joining the CDT, Simon completed a BSc in Mathematics at the Free University of Berlin and graduated from both the MSc in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London and the MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. 

Simon's research revolves around post-quantum cryptography and cryptanalysis with a special focus on isogeny-based cryptography. More generally, he is interested in computational number theory and various applications of pure mathematics to cryptography. 

Personal webpage: https://simon-philipp.com/