Dr. Vinay Parikh is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Head of the NECO Lab at Temple University. He also holds an affiliated faculty appointment in the Center for Substance Abuse Research at Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Parikh served as the Director of Neuroscience Program in the College of Liberal Arts and provided strategic leadership, direction, and guidance for all educational and professional activities in the program. Dr. Parikh’s research generally concerns neuromodulation of cognition in health and disease. For many years, his laboratory is engaged in delineating the contributions of cholinergic and glutamatergic signaling in modulation of distinct cognitive processes, specifically those involved in attention and executive functions. His research has also focused on the role of neurotrophins as key regulators of neurochemical circuit adaptations and cognitive functioning in aging and psychiatric disorders such as drug addiction and schizophrenia. Recent areas of interest include genetic and cellular substrates of cognitive reserve and resilience in aging, and neurobehavioral biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Parikh has authored/co-authored over 80 academic publications that include peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has delivered more than 150 scientific presentations and invited talks at professional conferences and institutions. Dr. Parikh serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, and as an editorial board member for European Journal of Neuroscience. He is an active reviewer of over 35 scholarly journals in the fields of Neuroscience, Psychology and Pharmacology. Dr. Parikh has also served on numerous grant review panels and scientific/education advisory committees. He is an active member of many professional societies including the Society for Neuroscience, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, American Society for Neurochemistry and the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Additionally, he has received many prestigious awards including the Research Faculty Recognition Award from the University of Michigan (2008), New Investigator Award in Alzheimer’s Disease from AFAR (2010), and Young Investigator Awards from NARSAD (2011) and ACNP (2014), respectively.