Jens is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering and Computer Science. He is interested in software quality, in particular the security of software supply chains. 

Current Research Contracts: 

1.  Finding, understanding, and mitigating vulnerabilities in domestic and global software supply chains

 -- funded by MBIE.  Principal Investigator. NZD 7.8m (2025-29)
2.  An Exploration of Binary Equivalence Operators to Improve Software Supply Chain Security. Funded by Oracle Inc.  Principal Investigator. NZD 350k (2019-29) , including NZD 130k in 2026.