Daniel J. Bernstein

Daniel J. Bernstein
Born (1971-10-29) October 29, 1971
CitizenshipAmerican, German
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (PhD)
New York University (BA)
Known forqmail, djbdns, Salsa20, ChaCha20, Poly1305, Curve25519
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Cryptography,
Computer Security
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Eindhoven University of Technology
Doctoral advisorHendrik Lenstra
Websitecr.yp.to/djb.html

Daniel Julius Bernstein (born October 29, 1971) is an American mathematician, cryptologist, and computer scientist. He was a professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1995 to 2008. He was a visiting professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at the Eindhoven University of Technology, and a visiting professor at CASA at Ruhr University Bochum through 2023.