Dr Joanna Dolińska specializes in Asian comparative linguistics with special focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools. She earned her PhD in comparative Altaic linguistics at the Faculty of Oriental Studies (2019), Magister degree in Applied Linguistics (2011), as well as BA (2009) and MA (2015) in Mongolian and Tibetan languages at the University of Warsaw. She also studied at the National University of Mongolia, the University of Leipzig and the University of Duisburg-Essen. Following her PhD defense she worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena in the ERC project “Eurasia3angle”. One of her most important achievements during this period was her participation in the Naturepublication “Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages”. In 2022 Joanna obtained the grant of the Sigrid Rausing Scholarly Exchange Programme to carry out a research visit at the University of Cambridge, in the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit. In 2021 and 2022 she worked as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies and currently she is carrying out research on the interdependence of multilingualism and biodiversity in Southeast Asia, where she lived and worked in 2016 and 2017. Her work combines qualitative research methodology with the NLP and big data analysis tools. Additionally, Joanna has an unwavering passion for learning new languages. She has just begun studying Thai and is continuing to developing her Myanmar language skills.
