Sandra Kiefer’s research interests include algorithmic graph theory as well as logic in computer science, with a recent focus on the applicability of tools from these areas to the foundations of machine learning.
Sandra obtained her PhD from RWTH Aachen University. For her work on combinatorial and logical approaches to graph comparison, she received the Ackermann Award 2021, the EACSL Outstanding Dissertation Award for Logic in Computer Science. After her PhD studies, Sandra was a postdoctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen University and at the University of Warsaw, as well as a Research Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Bioinformatics and Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Goethe University Frankfurt. She has also completed a BSc and an MEd degree in Mathematics and Spanish.
In November 2022, Sandra joined the University of Oxford as the recipient of a Glasstone Fellowship in Computer Science and as a Junior Research Fellow in Computer Science with Jesus College. Since September 2024, Sandra is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science in Oxford and the first Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science at Exeter College.
