He is also a researcher at the Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC). He is a member of the permanent scientific committee of the Center for Coptic Studies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina since 2013. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. from Cairo University jointly with Leiden University, the Netherlands. He is an Academic Fellow at IRHT- CNRS, Paris, France (2013-2014). In 2014-2015 he is a Visiting Scholar at Leiden University (the Netherlands). He has also accepted by Catholic University of Leueven (Belgium), to be a Post-doctoral Fellow in 2016. In 2008, he spent 4 months as a Fellow at Tourne institute, France to study French Language. He is a member of international projects relating to cultural heritage.