Before joining the 84000 team, Dr. Bruno Galasek-Hul was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Buddhist Studies, an adjunct professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, and a lexicographer for A Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus of Buddhist Sanskrit at the Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages. Dr. Galasek-Hul earned his PhD from the University of Bonn, Germany, where he specialized in Classical Indology, Tibetan Studies, and the History of Indian Arts. As a DAAD doctoral exchange student, he had the privilege of studying and conducting research at the University of Oxford. 

Since his days studying Latin in high school, Bruno has had a fascination with ancient languages and the treasures they hold. For him, translation is more than just analyzing grammar or deciphering scripts; it is akin to a detective's work. He did not, however, pursue a career as a Classics scholar, since Tibetan Buddhism entered his life very soon after at the age of eighteen, remaining at its center ever since. Dr. Galasek-Hul feels fortunate that both his personal interest and academic training in Buddhism have come together in his current role in the monumental and historic project of 84000.