Lennert Wouters obtained a Master in Engineering Technology and an Advanced Master in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Leuven. After completing his studies, Lennert joined the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography (COSIC) research group, an imec research group at KU Leuven. As a PhD researcher his research interests include hardware security of connected embedded devices, reverse engineering and physical attacks. Lennert has presented multiple research projects at international academic and industry conferences such as Black Hat USA, DEF CON, Real World Crypto and CHES.