I am an Associate Professor at the University of Haifa , affiliated with the Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, and Head of the Integrative Psychotherapy Program in the School of Psychotherapy, Counseling and Human Development. I hold a PhD in Neurobiology from the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University completed postdoctoral training at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. My research investigates the effects of contemplative mental training on consciousness, self-reference, and death-related processing, primarily through a neurophenomenological approach. To this end, my laboratory collaborates with long-term meditation practitioners and individuals experienced in altered states of consciousness, including psychedelics, channeling, near-death experiences, and lucid dreaming

My recent book, Perspectives on Consciousness: Inquiries into Subjective Experience Across Disciplines (Berkovich-Ohana et al., eds., MIT Press, 2025), reflects this interdisciplinary orientation and the central role of subjective experience in my work. My research has been supported by TEVA's National Network of Excellence, the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), the Bial Foundation, the Mind and Life Institute, the Israel Science Foundation, and Tiny Blue Dot Foundation's "perception box" project.