People

R. Graham Reynolds, PhD

PhD University of Tennessee
BA Duke University
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Massachusetts Boston
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Professor of Biology
Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology
National Geographic Explorer
Red List Authority (co-chair), IUCN SSC Snake Specialist Group
Red List Authority, IUCN SSC Anoline Lizard Specialist Group
Associate Editor, Journal of Herpetology

Contact: greynold (at) unca (dot) edu

Phoebe Carnes ’26

Selby and Richard McRae Scholar

Writing about Elk in the Smokies: https://smokiesinformation.org/smokies-live/

Photography

National Parks


Sam Schenker- High School Research Intern

Asheville School, Asheville, NC

Herpetology, Photography, Jungle Exploration

www.ScaleSnaps.com


Reynolds Lab Alumni

Sylvia Hanson ’25
Evolution of traits in the superfamily Booidae.
After the Reynolds Lab became an MS Student in the McBrayer Lab at Georgia Southern University

Kaya Hall ’25
Selby and Richard McRae Scholar; Conservation and Radio Tracking of Turks and Caicos Boas

Amanda Davis ’24
Population demographics of Turks Island Boas

Ellen Weaver UNC-CH ’24
UNC Chapel Hill visiting research student, Puerto Rican Boa phylogeography.
After the Reynolds Lab became Director of Operations for Neuro580 in Zambia.

Hailey Wunder ’23
Project 2: Phylogeography of Turks Island Boas
Project 1: Phylogenetics of Monito dwarf geckos
After the Reynolds Lab became an MS student in the Pierson Lab at Kennesaw State University.

Danielle Weber ’22
Pseudomonas genome sequencing
After the Reynolds Lab became a Physician Assistant student at Commonwealth University.

Maddy Bankard ’22
Population genomics of Virgin Islands boas

Austin Cone ’22
Remote sensing of Conception Island National Park, Bahamas

Willow Ogburn ’22
Phylogenomics of West Indian Boas
After the Reynolds Lab became a Development Associate for EcoForesters https://www.ecoforesters.org/

Alyssa Vanerelli ’21
Biology and phylogenomics of Caribbean reptiles
After the Reynolds Lab became a PhD student in the Geneva Lab at Rutgers-Camden. https://alyssavanerelli.github.io/

Keeley Peek ’21
Spatial ecology of boas, hellbender conservation
After the Reynolds Lab became a DVM student at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Ari Miller ’20
Biodiversity of reptiles, southeast Asian herpetofauna
After the Reynolds Lab became a PhD student at WashU in the Losos Lab

Isabel Johnson ’20
Invasion genetics of Mottled Sculpin
After the Reynolds Lab became a sea turtle technician with Georgia DNR

Molly Reger ’19
Conservation biology of Turks Island boas
After the Reynolds Lab became a DVM student at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

Kay Tyrlik ’19
Conservation of Hellbenders; Fulbright Fellow
After the Reynolds Lab became an MS student in Epidemiology at UNC-CH

Alana Nunn’19
Distribution of South Pacific reptiles

Maaian Edery ’19
Phylogeography of Gray-cheeked Salamanders
After the Reynolds Lab became an MS student in Marine Science in the Shashar Lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Clair Huffine ’18
Phylogenetics of Puerto Rican dwarf geckos
Clair Huffine ’18 Phylogenetics of Puerto Rican dwarf geckos

Darcy Davis ’18
Darcy Davis ’18
After the Reynolds Lab became a DO student at VCOM-Carolinas

Emily Aungst ’18
Emily Aungst ’18
After the Reynolds Lab became a technician with the EPA and then an MS in Genetic Counseling student at Boise State.

Shannon Bodeau ’19
Population Genetics of Weller’s Salamander
After the Reynolds Lab became an environmental and outdoor educator in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

Amy Castle ’17
Phylogenetics of Caribbean green anoles
After the Reynolds Lab became an outstanding High School science teacher

Robert Chambliss ’16
Biology of Weller’s Salamanders
After the Reynolds Lab became an MS student at Western Kentucky University