I am an international researcher with a PhD in Oriental Studies from UCLouvain. My doctoral thesis explored the first translation of the Qur’an into Hebrew from Arabic during the Jewish Enlightenment in in 19th-century Germany.
My broader research interests lie at the crossroads of languages and cultures in the Eastern and Mediterranean worlds, with a focus on the transfer of scientific and religious knowledge.
My expertise includes philology, Jewish Studies, Manuscript Studies, Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage. I work with sources in Classical Syriac, Ancient and Modern Hebrew, Classical and Modern Arabic, Classical and Biblical Greek, and Berber. I use a range of computational tools and methods: analysis of multilingual corpora, natural language processing (NLP), TEI-XML encoding, and multispectral image-enhancement techniques.
I have over a decade of experience in project management, science communication, and collaboration with academic and cultural institutions Currently, I am building bridges between research and society through public-engagement projects in Europe and beyond.