QURANICUS

Project Team

Meet our dedicated team of experts

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Samiullah
Project Head

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Samiullah

Associate Professor, UMT Lahore, International expert with 25+ years of research in Qur'anic Orthography and Manuscript Studies. Has visited 22 countries, collaborated with 50+ international universities, and currently serves as visiting researcher at Corpus Coranicum, Germany.

Prof. Rana Tariq Shoukat
Director Management

Prof. Rana Tariq Shoukat

Seasoned academic leader with over four decades of experience in educational management and faculty development.

Prof. Dr. Michael Joseph Marx
Director Trainings & Internationalization

Prof. Dr. Michael Joseph Marx

Head, Corpus Coranicum Project, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Internationally renowned manuscriptologist with 30+ years of experience.

Syed Muhammad Naqvi
Director Research

Syed Muhammad Naqvi

Scholar at Qum University, Iran. Senior editor, Maktaba Murtazviyah, Karachi. Specialist in Shi'i manuscript tradition and textual editing.

Prof. Dr. Feroz ud Din Shah Khagga
Director Outreach

Prof. Dr. Feroz ud Din Shah Khagga

Professor of Qur'anic Sciences, University of Sargodha. Expert in Qira'at and Ulum al-Qur'an with three decades of scholarly service.

Haq Nawaz
Director IT

Haq Nawaz

Religious Scholar & Faculty Member, Jamia Ashrafia. PhD Scholar in NLP and Consultant AI Strategist at ILI.DIGITAL AG.—developer of Islamic software, digitization, and AI-powered Qur'anic and Hadith tools.

Rana Muhammad Adnan
IT Engineer

Rana Muhammad Adnan

IT Engineer, Bochum, Germany. Specialist in digital systems, database design, and secure cloud platforms for manuscript digitization.