He received his doctorate in Arts from Leiden University. His recent publications include History of Sanskrit Grammatical Literature in Tibet 2: Assimilation into Indigenous Scholarship (2001) and two series of articles, “Studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Hermeneutics” and “Notes Apropos to the Oeuvre of Si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas (1699?-1774).” His current research interests include the life and times of Si tu paṇ chen chos kyi ’byung gnas, and the various aspects of text-oriented, philological culture in Tibetan Buddhism. Peter has contributed an article to Issue 7.