His research and teaching focuses on what scientific and technological advances imply for our best understandings of our nature and our place in the world, and what those implications mean for how we ought to act. He teaches courses in Global Health Ethics, Bioethics, Logic, and at the various intersections of computational, empirical, and philosophical reflections on human experiences. He regularly engages students in research in this space, with recent collaborations exploring the use of AI to represent personal values in medical decision making, practices to limit the risk of social chatbot addiction, and possibilities to support the wellbeing and autonomy of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. His other research has explored the possibility of machine consciousness, international regulatory questions surrounding AI in healthcare, and the ability of computational systems to help us better understand our own minds.

He has published in leading generalist journals in philosophy (e.g. Philosophical Studies, Synthese), specialist journals in applied ethics (e.g. Bioethics), a number of edited volumes, and several venues outside of philosophy.

He received his PhD in Philosophy from City University of New York in 2018, and a BA in Philosophy, a BS in Psychology, and a Minor in Jewish Studies from the College of Charleston in 2011.