He defended his dissertation on Proclus’ interpretation of the Parmenidean dialectic at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of KU Leuven under the direction of Carlos Steel. He also wrote two Masters theses, one at Leuven and one at Dalhousie University, on Philo, Plotinus and Gregory of Nyssa on matter and on the Neoplatonic prehistory of Augustine’s doctrine of the Trinity. He is presently revising his dissertation to be published and is working on a comparison of the late ancient and early modern systems of Descartes and Spinoza. He is organising a conference, Arxai: Proclus Diadochus of Constantinople and his Abrahamic interpreters, December 12-16, 2012 in Istanbul. His website is, www.arxai.org.