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That’s a wrap on summer research for 2026! We had a great time and made some exciting progress on the projects. Plus, everyone did a great job on their presentations! Can’t wait to pick it back up again in the fall.
The Reynolds group, summer 2026
don’t mess with us, we have lab coats
It was great to be a part of the Chemistry department SURF group for the first time. Already looking forward to next summer!
Had a great time traveling to Madison this week for the BCCE! I presented the results of my work coordinating the GAINS mentoring program at Campbell. It was interesting to hear about others’ efforts to improve student success in gateway courses. Can’t wait to try some new stuff in my classes.
Also, it was great getting to meet up with some former colleagues from Campbell!
Summer research started this week! We are excited to have four students in the lab this summer, supported by the Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the NSF LEAPS-MPS program. Looking forward to a good summer of work in the lab!
The RMC SURF 2026 cohort. The Reynolds lab is well-represented with four students this summer.
Research has begun and the new lab is finally starting to come together! Looking forward to this summer and the students I’ll have in RMC’s SURF program, which is when we will really get things rolling!
Congratulations to Laura on her presentation of our summer project at the Southeast regional meeting of the ACS in Orlando last month! Even though I couldn’t join, I hope you took an extra roller coaster ride for me!
It’s with mixed feelings that I am leaving Campbell University and moving to Virginia to start a new position as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Randolph-Macon College. I am forever grateful to Campbell for giving me my start as a faculty member and supporting my professional growth. I will miss my colleagues and the students here immensely, but I am excited to join a great team at RMC and continue my journey!
Next to one of the first pieces of equipment I bought at Campbell, the MaxQ shaker! This guy was a workhorse for our lab. It’s amazing how far we’ve come together since I started in 2017.
Ceremoniously removing the last culture from the shaker at Campbell. Part of this guy will travel with me to RMC as a glycerol stock!
Lab is cleaned up and ready for the next biochemist to take over! I wish I had a picture of this space when I first started in 2017. It’s come a long way.
The Reynolds lab was hard at work this summer! Thanks to our funding from the NSF, we were able to support the training of eight undergrad student researchers over 10 weeks this summer! That’s 4x more students than any other summer I’ve been at Campbell! We had a blast and learned a lot. I’ll definitely miss this group.
The group!
end of research pizza party tradition!
The instrument queen, Rachel, next to her arch nemesis…whoops, I mean…best friend, the HPLC.
Trinity at the centrifuge! Had to get at least one action shot.
smiling either because we love research or because it’s finally over. I guess we’ll never know.
One of our Project SEED students from last summer was featured in this article from C&EN recently! It’s been an amazing privilege to participate as a Project SEED mentor to great students like Kyra. Congratulations Kyra on all you’ve accomplished!
You can check out the article here:
https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/programs/NC-ACS-Project-SEED-program/103/web/2025/06
Congratulations to our research student Nick who graduated today and will be heading to Wake Forest for graduate school in the fall! Also great to see former student Ryan who took a break from grad school in Tennessee to come show support for our graduates! Good luck to everyone in their next steps!
I had the privilege of volunteering at Triton High School in Harnett County for DNA Day this year. It was my first time participating in DNA day and I had a blast! I gave a presentation and hands-on demonstration based on the topic of pharmacogenomics for the biology and chemistry classes at the high school. I definitely have a lot of respect for the teachers who are working hard in K-12 schools day in and day out. Hopefully, I inspired some future scientists!
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