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Women in IT Security

Whether in communication, health, or mobility: IT security plays an important role in all socially relevant areas. The continuous linking of the digital and physical worlds is constantly presenting new challenges and questions. Innovative solutions and ideas are needed! Curiosity, openness, creativity, and the ability to shift perspectives are therefore essential skills for a career in IT security.

The career opportunities are as diverse as the challenges. With our series Women in IT Security, we aim to highlight the variety of paths and opportunities in IT security – especially for women – and introduce exciting women with different research focuses who work here at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and our partner institutes.

Get to know Lea Schönherr and be inspired!

Lea Schönherr

Portrait of Lea Schönherr

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Lea was a postdoctoral researcher at the Cognitive Signal Processing Group at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), within the Cluster of Excellence CASA.

Her Research:

Her research focuses on adversarial machine learning, the robustness of neural networks, and the security of speech and speaker recognition systems. She finished her M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RUB in 2015 and obtained her PhD from RUB in 2021.

More Insights:

CASA For Women


We offer talented young female scientists exciting career opportunities:

Support through CASA

CASA encourages talented female researchers to pursue careers in academia and industry and supports them in balancing work and personal life. Specific measures include, among others:

Information on the general equality opportunities at Ruhr University Bochum:
https://uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/diversity

Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries

CASA researchers at the CASA Retreat 2023. Copyright: CASA, Riediger

Questions regarding Support from CASA

Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries

Kirsten Jäger
Equal Opportunities & Diversity,
Quality & Event Management
(0)234-32-29263
K.Jaeger(at)rub.de

If you have any questions about the "Women in IT Security" series, please feel free to contact Annika Gödde.