From 1987 to 1991, she pursued studies in History of the Ancient Near East, Semitic Philology, and General Linguistics at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE-Sorbonne) and the University of Paris VIII.

Additionally, she studied epigraphy at the Ecole du Louvre/Paris and the École des Langues Orientales Anciennes (E.L.C.O.A) of the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP) and EPHE-Sorbonne from 1987 to 1998.

It was there that she received her historical-philological diploma as an “élève de l’École” in 2001 and was granted the license to teach as a university professor for ancient oriental philology (Langues et Littératures Orientales) and Jewish studies.

From 1996 to 2011, she served as a Professor of Comparative Semitics, specializing in Northwest-Semitic, Aramaic, and Samaritan Studies at the Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (ELCOA) at the Catholique University of Paris (ICP), rue d’Assas.

Additionally, from 2002 to 2011, she lectured on Hebrew and Aramaic Philology as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) at the University Sorbonne in Paris, France.