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2025

Poster of Distinction
Received Poster of Distinction award at MCRI Annual Retreat 2025

MCRI Retreat 2025 - Poster Presentation MCRI Retreat 2025 - Award Recognition

ACCESS-CI Compute Grant
Awarded ACCESS-CI Compute Grant MED250058 (CoPI) from NSF for computational research

Invited Talks

Guest Lecturer
Advanced Data Analysis course, Brandeis University - LLMs and AI Agent pipelines

2024

Polak Young Investigator Award
Received Polak Young Investigator Award from Association for Chemoreception Sciences, delivered award lecture at ACHEMS Annual Meeting

Polak Young Investigator Award 2024

Invited Presentations

Computational Neuroscience Fellowship
Awarded Computational Neuroscience Fellowship from Swartz Foundation (2023-present)

2023

Ph.D. Completion
Completed Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Brandeis University
Thesis: “Multi-region Coordination for Taste Processing in the Rodent Brain” [PDF]
Advisor: Donald B. Katz

Postdoctoral Positions

Invited Talk
PyMCon Web Series - “The Only Constant is Change: Bespoke Changepoint Modelling in PyMC” [Link]

ACCESS-CI Compute Grant
Awarded ACCESS-CI Compute Grant BIO230103 as PI from NSF

Trainee Professional Development Award
Society for Neuroscience

Publication
Mahmood, A., Steindler, J., Germaine, H., Katz, D.B., “Coupled Dynamics of Stimulus-Evoked Gustatory Cortical and Basolateral Amygdalar Activity,” Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 386–404 [Link]

Publications in Review/Submission

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