Honors and Grants

DAVO (German Middle East Studies Association), Award for Best Dissertation in the Field

Association for Asian Studies (AAS), South Asia Council, Graduate Paper Prize for Best Research Paper

Princeton University, J. D. Rockefeller, Jr. Merit Fellowship

Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Princeton University, PIIRS, Research grant

Princeton University, PIIRS, Language Acquisition Grant

Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Travel scholarship

American Institute for Pakistan Studies, Travel grant

Whiting Foundation, Travel grant

Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, National Merit Scholarship

Teaching and Mentorship

Teaching

• Co-instructor (with Sadia Bajwa), “Islam, Politics and Education in Modern South Asia”, Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for South Asian Studies, 2024

• Guest lecturer, “Research Methods: Working with Non-European Archival Collections”, University of Hamburg, , 2023

• Guest lecturer, “Muslims in India: Beyond the Hindu Nation”, Martin Luther University of Halle/Wittenberg, 2022

• Instructor, “Politics in the Modern Middle East”, Maria Sibylla Merian High School, Herrnhut, 2020

• Co-instructor (with Muhannad Taha, Aleppo/Berlin), “Following the Prophet: An Introduction to the Islamic Tradition”, Cloister Volkenroda, 2019

• Instructor, “Introduction to Shi’i Islam”, Augustum Anne High School, Goerlitz, 2019

• Instructor, “One Faith, Many Faces: Muslims in Germany”, Protestant Academy of Saxony, Meissen, 2016-2019

• Instructor, “Pakistan: Legal System and Governance”, BAMF, Freiburg i. B., 2017

• Instructor, “Pakistan: History, Politics, Society”, BAMF, Freiburg i. B., 2016

• Instructor, “Introduction to Research Methods in South Asian Studies”, Loyola Hall Lahore: Jesuit Mission in Pakistan, 2011

Undergraduate Research Mentor

• Asim Shaukat, “The Idea of Pakistan and the Christian Leadership of Punjab”, FCCU Lahore, Pakistan (2018, Summa Cum Laude)

Teacher Training

• Teaching Seminar, “Integrated Course Design”, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University

Leadership Positions

Co-Founder & Co-Director, Kompetenznetz Islam und Gesellschaft

• Think tank and consulting agency for knowledge transfer on Islam and the Muslim world (Website)

Co-Founder & Co-Director, Omid-e Punjab - A Home for the Disabled

• Multinational, government-registered, volunteer-run NGO with an annual project volume of ~20,000 Euros in support of a home for adults with mental disabilities in Lahore, Pakistan

Leipzig Refugee Council

• Assistance for asylum seekers with counseling, live translation/interpretation, capacity building and resource cultivation

Founding Member, Princeton South Asia Graduate Workshop

• University-funded academic platform for discussing graduate students’ work in progress

Board Member, Princeton Islamic Studies Colloquium

• Bi-weekly discussion group for recent topics in research on Islam

Board Member, Princeton Religion Department Graduate Workshop

• Forum for graduate students to practice knowledge transfer, acquire teaching skills, and discuss recent work

Graduate Representative, Princeton Sustainability Committee

• University-wide body promoting sustainability and environmentally-friendly changes on the campus of Princeton University

Board Member, Pehchaan, Princeton Pakistan Society

• Social and cultural awareness group focused on contemporary Pakistan, organized photo exhibit, arthouse film series, discussion panel on development aid, and media outreach