Mahdi is a Lebanese-American currently living in Boston where he is completing his PhD in Mehrdad Jazayeri’s lab at the McGovern Institute in the field of computational neuroscience. Mahdi has aspired to study the brain from an early age, and is driven by the mystery of the mind and its inner workings. He also loves working on projects for social impact, innovation and education. For fun, he loves to dance and play soccer.