Vinci Parks
Scientific Name: T. Vincenza Parks, PhD
Neuroscientist and overall data geek. I am currently a postdoc in the Phillips Mood and Brain Lab at the University of Pittsburgh.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Doctorate of Philosphy
Neurobiology, Center for Neuroscience
Dissertation: Development of novel approaches for noninvasive neuronal circuit characterization and modulation using transcranial focused ultrasound
April 2025
University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Science
Psychology with a Mathematics Emphasis
June 2016
Publications
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Wright, E. C., Parks, T. V., Alexander, J. O., Supra, R., & Trainor, B. C. (2018). Activation of kappa opioid receptors in the dorsal raphe have sex dependent effects on social behavior in California mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 351, 83–92.
Remington, E. D., Parks, T. V., & Jazayeri, M. (2018). Late Bayesian inference in mental transformations. Nature Communications, 9(1), 4419.
Parks, T. V., Szuzupak, D., Choi, S.-H., Alikaya, A., Mou, Y., Silva, A. C., & Schaeffer, D. J. (2023). Noninvasive disruption of the blood-brain barrier in the marmoset monkey. Communications Biology, 6(1), 806.
Parks, T. V., Szczupak, D., Choi, S.-H., & Schaeffer, D. J. (2024). Noninvasive focal transgene delivery with viral neuronal tracers in the marmoset monkey. Cell Reports Methods, 4(2).
(Knows) About Dogs
I love learning about learning, thinking about thinking, learning about thinking, and thinking about learning. I also love animals.
After years of fostering, I adopted my dog Zina in my first year of grad school. She started as a foster fail who had been rescued from a house with 117 dogs, and fostered my own love of nosework and dog sports in general.
You can learn more about my dog life here:
Nose About Dogs (coming soon!)
