Dr. Amit Vinograd Joins the Gray School of Medicine as Senior Lecturer

How does the brain generate internal representations of emotions?

Driven by this fundamental question, Amit has developed innovative approaches to uncover how neural circuits encode and regulate affective states. By combining cutting-edge experimental tools with advanced computational modeling, Amit provided the first causal demonstration of line attractor dynamics encoding an affective state. This work revealed fundamental principles of neural circuit function and established a foundation for understanding how neural structures generate internal affective states.

Amit Vinograd is an incoming Assistant Professor at the Gray School of Medicine. He did his postdoctoral fellowship in the David Anderson Lab at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology. Amit is also passionate about education and scientific outreach. He has designed and led innovative neuroscience courses and launched high-impact community engagement initiatives. He is committed to mentoring students from diverse backgrounds and inspiring and equipping the next generation of scientists to push the boundaries of discovery.