Spencer Alexander Carter
Decatur, Georgia 30034
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H: 770-***-****; C: 678-***-****
OBJECTIVE:
To secure a position in the area of biological sciences.
EDUCATION:
Tulane University - New Orleans, Louisiana
Graduation: May 2013
Concentration: Cell and Molecular Biology
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.40
Howard University - Washington, D.C.
Graduation: May 2010
Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.85
Southwest DeKalb High School Decatur, GA.
College Preparatory High School Diploma; May 2006
- Graduated top 5% of high school class with cumulative grade point
average of
3.857. (Senior Class of approximately 450 students).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS/HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2009-present)
Howard University Legacy Scholarship (2006-2010)
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program (2006-2010)
Dean's Honor Roll (2006-2010)
Howard Hughes Research Scholar
Beta Kappa Chi National Scientific Honors Society (2008-2010)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2008-2010)
2nd Floor Resident of the Year (Carver Hall, 2006)
Beijing China Study Abroad Program; December-January 2007/08
Global Leadership Institute; University of the Virgin Islands;
May 2008
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Summer 2009: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Johns
Hopkins University, Department of Physics- Force Application on Smooth
Muscle Cells and Mechanotransduction
Fall 2007 - 2009: Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Howard University,
School of Pharmacy - Nanoparticle and Breast Cancer Therapeutics
Research, Howard University.
Summer 2008: Summer Research Internship, Vanderbilt University,
Department of Infectious Diseases, Innate Immunity of the HIV-1 virus
in Humans.
Summer 2007: CREST Program (Center of Research Excellence Science and
Technology Preliminary Detection of Early Stage Prostate Cancer; Clark
Atlanta University
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Oschner Hospital Volunteer (2012-2013),Howard University Hospital
Volunteer (2009), AIDS WALK (2008), Bread for the City Canned Food
Drive (2008), Center for Nonviolence Movement (2007), Habitat for
Humanity (2005), Annual Martin Luther King Center Volunteer (2003-
2006), Ronald McDonald House Charities (2008).