Current Position:
Hanna Gray Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University
Mentors: Christopher I. Moore, PhD and Michael J. Frank, PhD
185 Meeting Street suite 530
Providence, RI 09206
arif_hamid@brown.edu
Education and Training:
Honors and Awards:
2017-2024 HHMI, Hanna H. Gray Fellowship (1.4 million dollar award for 8 years of support)
2017 Helmsley Fellowship
2016 University of Michigan Medical School, Neuroscience Research Scholar Award
2014 NIDA Early Career Investigator Travel Award
2014 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan), Travel Grant
2014 National Institutes of Drugs of Abuse, predoctoral Training Grant
2013 Gordon Research Conference, Travel Fellowship
2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2011-2013 University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Rackam Merit Fellowship
2011 University of Minnesota, NorthStar STEM Alliance Travel Fellowship
2010 NorthStar STEM Alliance Spring symposium, Best Oral Presentation
2009 American Chemical Society, Outstanding Poster Award
Professional Service and Membership:
2019- Program Committee, Winter Conference on Brain Research
2018- Executive Committee Member, Postdocs in Brain Science , Brown University
2018 Chair, Gordon Research Seminar, Basal Ganglia
2017- Associate Faculty Member, F1000 Neuroscience / Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience
2016 Organizing committee, Gordon Research Seminar on Basal Ganglia
2012-2016 University of Michigan: BrainsRule! Volunteer
2011- Member, International Basal Ganglia Society (IBAGS)
2009- Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Journal AdHoc reviewer for:
eLife, Journal of Neuroscience, Cell, Schizophrenia Research, Psychopharmacology, Nature Neuroscience, Neurophotonics.
Co-reviewer for additional journals with mentors.
Publications: [GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE]
Manuscripts in preparation
• Hamid AA, Berke JD. Plasticity windows for dopamine mediated update of state and action values.
• Hamid AA, Moore CI, Frank MJ. Sub-second FSCV measurement of absolute dopamine levels to dissociate phasic and tonic dopamine.
• Zacharoff L., Young M., Hamid AA, Engeland WC., Dubinsky JM. Abnormal recovery after stress inR6/2 mice model of Huntington’s disease .
Invited Talks / Seminars (upcoming)
June. 2020 Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience (MMiN), Lyon, France
May. 2020 Dopamine 2020 Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May. 2020 Lake Arrowhead Reward and Decision-Making Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Mar. 2020 GRC Basal Ganglia meeting, Ventura, CA
Sep. 2019 NIH Rising Stars Lecture, Bethesda, MD
Aug. 2019 GRC Catecholamines meeting, Newry, ME
July 2019 Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2019) Dopamine Workshop
May 2019 NYU Neuroscience Institute Seminar
Mar. 2019 University of Bordeaux Neurocampus Seminar
Mar. 2019 Cosyne 2019 Workshop: "Dopamine Updated"
Feb. 2019 Winter Conference on Brain Research (WBCR) Panel
Dec. 2018 UCSF Neuroscience Seminar
Nov. 2018 SfN 2018 Nanosymposium: BG circuitry for Motivation and Reward
Oct. 2018 CUNY, Neuroscience Seminar Series
Oct. 2017 Dartmouth University, Psychology Department seminar
Apr. 2017 UCSF Neurology, Alcohol and Addiction Research Group
Jan. 2017 Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR) Panel
Mar. 2017 Cold Spring Harbor, Kepecs Group
Apr. 2016 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Spring symposium
Feb. 2016 Brown University, Department of Neuroscience
Oct. 2015 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Feb. 2014 University of Michigan, Biopsychology colloquium
Oct. 2013 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Jun. 2013 Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines, Mount Snow Resort, VT
Sep. 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Aug. 2010 NorthStar STEM Alliance, Spring Symposium
Oct. 2009 Minnesota Academy of Science, St. Paul, MN
Jul. 2008 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Building a STEM Network, Brooklyn Park, MN
Conference abstracts:
Teaching and Mentoring:
Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL)
Teaching Assistant for Striatum and Somatosensory Modules, "Neural Systems and behavior course" 2018
University of Michigan
Guest lecturer in graduate course: Psych 731 “Physiological psychology”- 2013, 2015
Hanna Gray Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University
Mentors: Christopher I. Moore, PhD and Michael J. Frank, PhD
185 Meeting Street suite 530
Providence, RI 09206
arif_hamid@brown.edu
Education and Training:
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, PhD in Neuroscience: 2016. Mentor: Joshua D. Berke, PhD Thesis: Dopamine contributions to motivational vigor and reinforcement learning. PDF
- Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Cold spring harbor, NY, Imaging Structure and Function Course, July - August 2017
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course, June-July 2014
- Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Neural Systems and Behavior Course, June – August 2010
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, BS in Neuroscience, 2010
Honors and Awards:
2017-2024 HHMI, Hanna H. Gray Fellowship (1.4 million dollar award for 8 years of support)
2017 Helmsley Fellowship
2016 University of Michigan Medical School, Neuroscience Research Scholar Award
2014 NIDA Early Career Investigator Travel Award
2014 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan), Travel Grant
2014 National Institutes of Drugs of Abuse, predoctoral Training Grant
2013 Gordon Research Conference, Travel Fellowship
2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2011-2013 University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Rackam Merit Fellowship
2011 University of Minnesota, NorthStar STEM Alliance Travel Fellowship
2010 NorthStar STEM Alliance Spring symposium, Best Oral Presentation
2009 American Chemical Society, Outstanding Poster Award
Professional Service and Membership:
2019- Program Committee, Winter Conference on Brain Research
2018- Executive Committee Member, Postdocs in Brain Science , Brown University
2018 Chair, Gordon Research Seminar, Basal Ganglia
2017- Associate Faculty Member, F1000 Neuroscience / Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience
2016 Organizing committee, Gordon Research Seminar on Basal Ganglia
2012-2016 University of Michigan: BrainsRule! Volunteer
2011- Member, International Basal Ganglia Society (IBAGS)
2009- Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Journal AdHoc reviewer for:
eLife, Journal of Neuroscience, Cell, Schizophrenia Research, Psychopharmacology, Nature Neuroscience, Neurophotonics.
Co-reviewer for additional journals with mentors.
Publications: [GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE]
- Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. (2018) Dopamine waves as a mechanism of spatiotemporal credit assignment. bioRxiv, 729640 PDF
- Mohebi A, Pettibone JR, Hamid AA, Wong JM, Vinson LT, Patriarchi T, Tian L, Kennedy R, Berke JD. (2018) Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation. Nature 570, 65-70 PDF
- Mohebi A, Pettibone JR, Hamid AA, Wong JM, Kennedy R, Berke JD. (2018) Forebrain dopamine value signals arise independently from midbrain dopamine cell firing. bioRxiv, 334060 PDF
- Hamid AA, Pettibone JR, Mabrouk OS, Hetrick VL, Schmidt S, Vander Weele CM, Kennedy RT, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2016) Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work. Nat Neurosci 19, 117-126. PDF
- News and Views by Anne Collins and Michael Frank (Nature Neuroscience 19, 3-5, 2016)
- Recommended by F1000 Prime
- Resendez SL, Dome M, Gormley G, Franco D, Nevarez N, Hamid AA, Aragona BJ. (2013) mu-Opiod receptors within subregions of the striatum mediate pair bond formation through parallel yet distinct read mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(21) 9140-9149. PDF
- Mishra A, Hamid AA, Newman EA. (2011). Oxygen Modulation of neurovascular coupling in the rat retina. PNAS 108(43):17827-31. PDF
Manuscripts in preparation
• Hamid AA, Berke JD. Plasticity windows for dopamine mediated update of state and action values.
• Hamid AA, Moore CI, Frank MJ. Sub-second FSCV measurement of absolute dopamine levels to dissociate phasic and tonic dopamine.
• Zacharoff L., Young M., Hamid AA, Engeland WC., Dubinsky JM. Abnormal recovery after stress inR6/2 mice model of Huntington’s disease .
Invited Talks / Seminars (upcoming)
June. 2020 Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience (MMiN), Lyon, France
May. 2020 Dopamine 2020 Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May. 2020 Lake Arrowhead Reward and Decision-Making Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA
Mar. 2020 GRC Basal Ganglia meeting, Ventura, CA
Sep. 2019 NIH Rising Stars Lecture, Bethesda, MD
Aug. 2019 GRC Catecholamines meeting, Newry, ME
July 2019 Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2019) Dopamine Workshop
May 2019 NYU Neuroscience Institute Seminar
Mar. 2019 University of Bordeaux Neurocampus Seminar
Mar. 2019 Cosyne 2019 Workshop: "Dopamine Updated"
Feb. 2019 Winter Conference on Brain Research (WBCR) Panel
Dec. 2018 UCSF Neuroscience Seminar
Nov. 2018 SfN 2018 Nanosymposium: BG circuitry for Motivation and Reward
Oct. 2018 CUNY, Neuroscience Seminar Series
Oct. 2017 Dartmouth University, Psychology Department seminar
Apr. 2017 UCSF Neurology, Alcohol and Addiction Research Group
Jan. 2017 Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR) Panel
Mar. 2017 Cold Spring Harbor, Kepecs Group
Apr. 2016 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Spring symposium
Feb. 2016 Brown University, Department of Neuroscience
Oct. 2015 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Feb. 2014 University of Michigan, Biopsychology colloquium
Oct. 2013 University of Michigan, Neuroscience Graduate Program retreat
Jun. 2013 Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines, Mount Snow Resort, VT
Sep. 2010 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Aug. 2010 NorthStar STEM Alliance, Spring Symposium
Oct. 2009 Minnesota Academy of Science, St. Paul, MN
Jul. 2008 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Building a STEM Network, Brooklyn Park, MN
Conference abstracts:
- Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. (2018) Reward synchronizes dopamine axons into directional waves. GRC Basal Ganglia, Ventura, CA
- Hamid AA, Frank MJ, Moore CI. (2017) Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of dopamine decision signals. Society for Neuroscience. Washington DC
- Hamid AA, Mohebi A, Berke JD. (2016) Signals for reward prediction and prediction errors on the forebrain-midbrain dopamine axis. Winter Conference on Brain Research. Big Sky, Montana.
- Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2016) Signals for reward prediction and prediction errors on the forebrain-midbrain dopamine axis. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA
- Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2016) Variable plasticity windows for action and state value update by dopamine. Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia. Ventura, CA
- Patel, PR, Mohebi A, Popov P, Hamid AA, Aragona BJ, Berke JD, Chestek CA. Development of high density carbon fiber arrays for concurrent electrophysiology and fast scan cycle voltammeter detection of dopamine. BRAIN Initiative conference. Bethesda, MD.
- Pettibone JR, Mohebi A, Hamid AA, Wong JM, Kennedy RT, Berke JD. (2015) Neuromodulation and adaptive decision-making in frontal cortex and striatum. Society for Neuroscience. Chicago, IL
- Hamid AA, Berke JD. (2015) Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work. Gordon Research Conference Catecholamines, Newry, ME.
- Pettibone JR, Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2014) Contribution of tonic and phasic dopamine to adaptive decision-making. Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C.
- Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2014) Dopamine signals the value of work. OIST-OCNC, Okinawa, Japan.
- Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2013) Dissociating the roles of phasic and tonic dopamine in adaptive decision-making. Society for Neuroscience.
- Hamid AA, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2013) Dopamine coding of error related and motivational signals develop over different time courses. Gordon Research Conference - Catecholamines.
- Hamid AA, Vander Weele CM, Schmidt S, Pettibone JR, Aragona BJ, and Berke JD. (2012) Accumbens dopamine encodes both incentive motivation and bidirectional reward prediction error signal. Society for Neuroscience 2012.
- Mishra A, Hamid AA, Newman EA. (2010) Oxygen Modulates functional hyperemia in the retina. Society for Neuroscience 2010.
Teaching and Mentoring:
Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL)
Teaching Assistant for Striatum and Somatosensory Modules, "Neural Systems and behavior course" 2018
University of Michigan
Guest lecturer in graduate course: Psych 731 “Physiological psychology”- 2013, 2015
- Lecture on contemporary methods in Neuroscience
- Responsible for leading review sessions, host private tutor hours, prepare exam questions, exam grading and preparing some lecture material.
- Responsible for leading 3 weekly 1.5 hour discussion sections (80 total students), hold review sessions, host private tutor hours, prepare exam questions, exam grading.
- Assistant in Instruction. Biol 3700 “Gateway to Research” - 2009
- Provided underrepresented students with framework and resources for starting and succeeding in undergraduate research. This course is an installation of direct efforts to promote STEM participation of underrepresented groups.