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

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ACCESS-CI Compute Grant
Awarded ACCESS-CI Compute Grant MED250058 (CoPI) from NSF for computational research
Invited Talks
- Mathematical Biology Seminar, Brandeis University
- Insights Team Meeting, Appcast Inc.
- Systems Neuroscience Journal Club, Harvard Medical School
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

Invited Presentations
- Swartz Foundation Annual Meeting
- Brandeis Neuro Postdoc Symposium
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
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tufts Medical Center
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University
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
In Review
- Mukadam, N., Mahmood, A., et al., “Subjective Cognitive Concerns and Global Metacognitive Bias in Prodromal Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Disease without Cognitive Impairment” (Neuropsychology)
- Mahmood, A., “Pytau: A Python Package for Streamlined Changepoint Model Analysis in Neuroscience” (Journal of Open Source Software)
In Submission
- Baas-Thomas, N., Mahmood, A., et al., “The Ingestive Response Reflects Gustatory Cortical Neural Dynamics” (Co-first author)
BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.01.679845
In Revision
- Mahmood, A., Steindler, J., Katz, D.B., “Perceptual processing of tastes is performed by the amygdala-cortical loop”
bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.01.662567
In Preparation
- Calia-Bogan, V., Steindler, J., Katz, D.B., Mahmood, A., “Characterizing Intra-State Dynamics of Gustatory Cortical Taste-Evoked Activity”
- Mahmood, A., Duong, K.A., Mansour, A., Pulakat, L., “CNN-assisted semi-automated histological evaluation of interstitial and perivascular fibrosis”
- Mahmood, A., Mehm, A., et al., “Feeding Satiation-Resistant Rat Strain as a Model for Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Failure” (Co-first author)