1. Nicholas D. Spielman
Email:spiel041@umn.edu 2326 JacksonSt NE Minneapolis,MN 55418 Cell:218-626-7133
SUMMARY
ResearchSpecialistwith2.5yearsof experience inbiological researchincludingrodentbehavioral andbiometric
experiments,histological manipulations,statistical analyses,andMATLABandC++ programminglanguages.Responsible
for mouse care and behavioral manipulations involvingpsychosocial stress, analysisof effectson metabolicparameters,
oral andgraphical communicationof results. Abletoworkindependentlyto adaptexistingknowledgeandskillstothe
design,performance,andanalytical outcome of new experiments.
EDUCATION & AWARDS
UniversityofSaint Thomas, Saint Paul,Minnesota|B.S.
Major:Neuroscience | Minor:Chemistry 2010-2014
Universityof StThomasDean’sList 2013 Spring& Fall semester
Universityof StThomasCollaborative InquiryGrant Feb2014 – May 2014
AwardedEagle ScoutRank,BSA Troop 43 Spring2009
EMPLOYMENT
Research Specialist|Departmentof Integrative Biologyand Physiology, UniversityofMinnesotaMedical School
Universityof Minnesota,Minneapolis,MN June 2015 - Present
PI: Dr. AlessandroBartolomucci Supervisor:Dr.Maria Razzoli
 Performmouse care and husbandry tasksina specificpathogen-free environment,includingweaning,cage changing,
coordinatingwithveterinarystaff toaddresscasesof animal injuryorsicknessandexperimental scheduling
 Participate indesignandexecutionof behavioral andmetabolic phenotypizationexperimentsusingavarietyof
biometrictoolstocharacterize foodintake,energyexpenditure,andbehavioral parametersof rodentmodelsof stress
and metabolicsyndrome
 Performrodentnecropsies todiagnose,preserve,andcatalogue tissueanomaliesinastudyof the effectsof chronic
psychosocial stressonlongevityandaging
Research Assistant|Neuroscience Department,Universityof Saint Thomas
Universityof St.Thomas,St.Paul,MN June 2012 – May 2014
Advisor:Dr. JadinJackson
Summer2012 Project:Developmental changesinrodent olfactory-basedreward learning
 Conditionedrodentsinanolfactoryrewardlearningtask,coordinatingwithcoworkerstomaintainpunctual and
consistentbehavioral andhistological experimental protocols
 Performed brainextractionand tissueprocessingincludingcryostatsectioningandslide development,staining
June2013 – May 2014 Project:Large-scale simulationof basal ganglianetwork dynamics
 Wrote a grant to secure fundingfromthe Universityof StThomas (CollaborativeInquiryGrant)
 Compiledadatabase of experimentalfindingsonthe basal gangliatodevelopacomputational simulationof neural
structuressalientformotivation,drugaddiction,andParkinson’sdisease
 WorkedwithresearchersinUST ComputerScience departmenttotranspose MATLABmodelsintoHADOOP
computingplatform inordertoincrease the numberof neuronssimulated
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
 DNA/RNA amplification,quantification(PCR)
 Sangersequencing
 DNA/RNA isolation,sizedetermination(gel
electrophoresis),molecularhybridization
 Bacterial cell culture,sterile technique
 Bioinformaticsanalyses(BLAST,ClustalW,Expasy
BioinformaticsPortal,Primer3)
 C++, Python,Matlab,VBA programminglanguages
 MicrosoftOffice apps, advancedknowledgeof Excel
 Minitab,SPSSsoftware
References Available Upon Request