Michael Blount
Biological Engineering and Finance @ MIT
- Role
- Undergraduate Researcher at Mcgovern Institute For Brain Research At Mit
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Blount
I’m a freshman at MIT planning to double major in Biological Engineering and Finance. I hope to translate emerging biological research into impactful, scalable biotech ventures. You can reach me at: m•••••••@mit.edu
Experience
Undergraduate Researcher
Mcgovern Institute For Brain Research At Mit
Nov 2025 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Synthetic Neurobiology Group• Performed quantitative analysis of fluorescence imaging datasets from mouse hippocampal neurons, leveraging MATLAB to preprocess data and visualize region-of-interest (ROI) activity over time• Developed visualization workflows to assess neuronal activation patterns and temporal dynamics, supporting experimental interpretation of neural signaling• Used neural network–based methods to model hippocampal activation, enabling higher-level analysis of complex biological data
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biological Engineering | Minor in Finance
Central Catholic High School
GPA: 5.37 (weighted) | Class Rank: 2/168 Salutatorian, Dr. Francis McSteen '63 Award for Excellence in Science Received Outstanding Work on Senior Thesis titled "Man's Best Friend or Moral Dilemma?: Reconciling Pet Ownership with the Catholic Hierarchy of Life Through Religion and Scientific Perspectives"
2021 — 2025
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