Rory Spence studied Biology and Music at UC Davis as an undergraduate student. He then received an MS degree in Physiological Sciences from UCLA. Thereafter he received a PhD in Molecular Cellular and Integrative Physiology from UCLA. He currently is an Associate Professor in both the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC. Rory Spence has created 6 new courses and taught 12 different courses within the Dornsife College at USC since being hired in 2018.