A faculty member at the Department of Qurʾānic Studies of Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Indonesia and the director of Laboratorium Studi Qur’an-Hadis (LSQH). After completing his bachelor and master studies in Qur’anic Studies in UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, he received his Ph.D at the Department of Islamic Studies, Orientalisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in 2019. His work mainly deals with Qur’anic studies, Qurʾānic hermeneutics and the history of tafsīr in Indonesia, with his most recent publication includes “Vernacularism and the Embers of Conservatism: The Production and Politicization of Qur’an Translations” (2003) and The Official Indonesian Qur’an Translation: The History and Politics of Al-Qur’an dan Terjemahnya, The Global Qur’an Series (Cambridge, OpenBook Publisher, 2022).