Andrew Spalding

• Home institution: Bellarmine University

• Year: Rising Senior

• Major/Minor: Neuroscience/Biochemistry 

• Research Site: University of Kentucky

• What will I be researching this summer: I will be conducting research in the Monje Lab, using human tissues/human Schwann cell cultures to characterize human peripheral nerve tissue.

• Future goals: I want to be a physician.

• Outside of the lab/classroom: I love to play basketball, read, and spend time with my cat and girlfriend.