Grant McConachie is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Engineering program at Boston University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from Oregon State University and previously conducted natural products chemistry research at the National Cancer Institute. At BU, Grant is working with Dr. Brian DePasquale, where he is interested in applying sophisticated machine learning methods to neuroscience. Grant primarily works with graph neural networks (GNNs) and is interested in applying them to two research areas: 1) in collaboration with Dr. Meg Younger, using GNNs and self-supervised learning to model how odors are processed in the mosquito brain and 2) using GNNs to understand collective behavior in schooling fish. In his free time, Grant likes to rock climb and graphic design.
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