Adam first encountered Tibetan Buddhism in 1994, when he taught English at two monasteries near Darjeeling, India. He went on to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, Oxford University, and SOAS, where he completed his PhD. In 2018, he was a senior teaching fellow at SOAS, lecturing on Buddhist philosophy and critical approaches to Buddhist Studies. His publications include Beyond the Ordinary Mind: Dzogchen, Rimé, and the Path of Perfect Wisdom (Snow Lion, 2018).