Nadav Amir is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. He obtained his PhD in computational neuroscience from the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds degrees in mathematics, computer science, and physics, as well as music and the humanities. His research aims to elucidate the fundamental principles underlying the phenomenology of purposeful behavior. He adopts a transdisciplinary approach, using methods from behavioral neuroscience, reinforcement learning, control, and information theory to formulate and test ideas inspired by Buddhist epistemic and ethical frameworks.