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Education

• Ph.D in Neuroscience, Emory University, 2028 (expected)
• B.S. in Biology, Summa cum laude, Emory University, 2020
• B.A. in Chemistry, Emory University, 2020

Research Experience

• Fall 2024: Graduate Student Researcher
  • Emory University, Alvarez Lab
  • Duties: Establishing mouse decerebrate reflex and deflecting balance beam assays.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Francisco J. Alvarez
• Spring 2024: Rotation Student
  • Emory University, Alvarez Lab
  • Duties: Developed EMG recording prep and custom Python analysis scripts, and performing 3D reconstructions of filled Renshaw cells.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Francisco J. Alvarez
• Winter 2023: Rotation Student
  • Emory University, Emmanuel Lab
  • Duties: Optogenetic activation of Aβ SA-LTMRs and Neuropixels recordings of thalamocortical pathways for sensory perception.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Alan Emmanuel
• Fall 2023: Rotation Student
  • Emory University, Andersen Lab
  • Duties: Generated human DRG organoids, prepared snRNA-seq libraries, and analyzed scRNA-seq data from cortex-spinal cord-muscle assembloids.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Jimena Andersen
• Fall 2020: Lead Research Specialist
  • Emory University, Alvarez Lab
  • Duties: Characterized V1 interneuron molecular subtypes with histology, viral tracing, and confocal imaging; managed transgenic mouse colony.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Francisco J. Alvarez
• Spring 2018: Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Emory University, Vega Lab
  • Duties: Investigated phage–bacteria population dynamics and completed honors thesis on “spiteful weapon” dynamics.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Nic Vega
• Summer 2017: Undergraduate Research Internship
  • Greenwood Genetic Center, Boccuto Lab
  • Duties: Analyzed SHANK3 deletions in patient DNA and assisted with cell culturing for autism diagnostic assays.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Luigi Boccuto

Skills

• Confocal Microscopy
• Histology and Immunohistochemistry
• Electrophysiology:
  • in vivo electromyography (EMG)
  • in vivo Neuropixels
  • Nerve-attached suction electrode
• Organoid & Cell Culture:
  • Rabies virus cultivation
  • hDRG and hCS generation
  • Organoid and assembloid culturing
  • single nucleus RNA-seq prep
• Data analysis:
  • Python, MATLAB, ImageJ, Neurolucida360

Publications

Spinal V1 inhibitory interneuron clades differ in birthdate, projections to motoneurons, and heterogeneity

Andrew E Worthy, Joanna T Anderson, Alicia R Lane, Laura J Gomez-Perez, Anthony A Wang, Ronald W Griffith, Andre F Rivard, Jay B Bikoff, Francisco J Alvarez (2024) Spinal V1 inhibitory interneuron clades differ in birthdate, projections to motoneurons, and heterogeneity eLife 13:RP95172. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.95172.3

Mucoidy, a general mechanism for maintaining lytic phage in populations of bacteria

Waqas Chaudhry, Esther Lee, Andrew Worthy, Zoe Weiss, Marcin Grabowicz, Nicole Vega, Bruce Levin, Mucoidy, a general mechanism for maintaining lytic phage in populations of bacteria, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 96, Issue 10, October 2020, fiaa162, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa162

Spiteful Weapons and the Environmental Dependence of Phage

Worthy, A. (2020) Spiteful Weapons and the Environmental Dependence of Phage. Honors Thesis. Emory University. Available at: https://etd.library.emory.edu/concern/etds/bv73c164v?locale=en.

Teaching

NBB-301: Introduction to Neurobiology

Service and Leadership

• Mentoring Experience
  • Briella Lucadamo, Emory University (2024–Present)
  • Anthony A. Wang, Emory University (2020–2023)
  • Noah Greenfield, Emory University (2020–2022)
• Community Outreach
  • Atlanta ComSciCon Conference, participant (2025)
  • Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI), reviewer (2021–2024)
  • Emory Science Olympiad, volunteer (2016–2020)