Daniel J. Bernstein

Daniel J. Bernstein
Born	(1971-10-29) October 29, 1971 (age 52) East Patchogue, New York[1]
Citizenship	American, German[1]
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley New York University
Known for	qmail, djbdns, Salsa20, ChaCha20, Poly1305, Curve25519
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, Cryptography, Computer Security
Institutions	University of Illinois at Chicago, Eindhoven University of Technology, Ruhr University Bochum
Doctoral advisor	Hendrik Lenstra
Website	cr.yp.to/djb.html

Daniel Julius Bernstein (sometimes known as djb; born October 29, 1971) is an American mathematician, cryptologist, and computer scientist. He is a visiting professor at CASA^[2] at Ruhr University Bochum, as well as a research professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before this, he was a visiting professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at the Eindhoven University of Technology.^{[citation needed]}