Meg Younger is our new assistant professor at the BU Biology Department with expertise in neurobiology and behavior. Professor Younger received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California at San Francisco in 2013 and completed postdoctoral research at Rockefeller University. She has used the dengue and Zika vector mosquito as a genetic model to study the olfactory system of the mosquito. She has a total of seven publications in leading journals and has developed an atlas of the mosquito brain. She has presented at multiple conferences and has received multiple fellowship awards. Dr. Younger has taught neurobiology at multiple universities and has led the organization of symposia. At Boston University, Dr. Younger will continue to study the neuronal activity and circuits in the mosquito olfactory systems and develop new evidence-based mosquito attractants and repellents.
