Angela Sasse
Martina Angela Sasse is a German computer scientist whose research spans the areas of human–computer interaction and computer security. She is Professor of Human-Centred Technology at University College London and Horst Görtz Endowed Professor of Human-Centred Security at Ruhr University Bochum.Education and career
Sasse did her undergraduate studies in psychology at the University of Wuppertal, and has a master's degree in occupational psychology from the University of Sheffield and a doctorate from the University of Birmingham.
She joined University College London as a lecturer in 1990, and became Professor of Human-Centred Technology there in 2003. She founded the Research Institute in Science of Cyber Security in 2012. She moved to Ruhr University Bochum as Horst Görtz Endowed Professor of Human-Centred Security in 2018.Recognition
Sasse was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2015, for "demonstrating the impact of human security behaviour, and developing a socio-technical approach for modelling and managing that behaviour effectively".
