Prof. Dr. Johannes Schönrich

Institution

Computer Science

Room

J 3.06

Phone

+49 821 5586 4241

E-Mail

johannes.schoenrich(at)tha.de

Office Hours

Tuesdays, 4:00–5:00 p.m., 
and by individual appointment

Courses at THA

Winter Semester 2026/27:

  • DVA Seminar
  • BIS/MIN Master’s Seminar
  • Elective Module “Digital Trust Infrastructures”

Summer Semester 2027:

  • Elective Module “Privacy-Enhancing Technologies”
  • TBD

Research Focus Areas

  • Digital trust infrastructures (e.g., blockchain, digital identities, public key infrastructures, …)
  • Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (e.g., zero-knowledge proofs)
  • Digital sovereignty
  • Digital technologies to support the energy transition

Publications

See Google Scholar

Career History

  • Bachelor's Program in Mathematics (University of Augsburg)
  • Master’s Program in “Theoretical and Mathematical Physics” (LMU + TU Munich)
  • Research Assistant at the FIM Research Center for Information Management and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)
  • Ph.D. in Business Informatics (University of Bayreuth; dissertation title: “Blockchain Adoption in Organizations: Technical Barriers and Potential Solutions”)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center for Security, Reliability, and Trust at the University of Luxembourg
  • Adjoint Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
  • Acting Professor of Statistics, Security, and Trust at the University of Münster
  • Distinguished Professorship for Trusted Data Ecosystems, Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
  • Director at the FIM Research Center for Information Management