Holds citizenship in several countries, namely Australia, Iceland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Is a certified linguist who has undertaken research projects in Iran, Brazil, Scandinavia and Australia with a focus on comparative linguistics and historical glottometry.
Developed a partial system of decryption of the Voynich manuscript in conjunction with Stephen Bax, Professor in Applied Linguistics at CRELLA, University of Bedfordshire and Professor in Modern Languages and Linguistics at the Open University, UK.