Jaap-Henk studied computer science at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, and obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam based on work done at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI).
Currently, he is an associate professor of privacy enhancing protocols and privacy by design at the Radboud University Nijmegen and The University of Groningen. Jaap-Henk is co-founder of the Privacy & Identity Lab, former member of the Executive Board of Trust in Digital Life, and co-founder of the Kerckhoffs Institute offering a master program in Computer Security, among others.
His research is inspired by practical problems. He focuses on privacy by design and privacy friendly protocols for identity management and the Internet of Things. He speaks about these topics at national and international conferences and publishes his results both in (inter)national scientific journals as well as in the popular press. Occasionally he appears in the media as a security expert.
