
{"id":249,"date":"2024-02-17T01:16:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T01:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:42:02","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/IMG_8463-1-300x300-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:274px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/IMG_8463-1-300x300-2.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/IMG_8463-1-300x300-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Janki Bhalodi, PH.D<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image193.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image193.png 400w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image193-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Tyler Carrier, PH.D<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image201.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image201.png 406w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image201-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Tessa Beaver<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/20211004_174814_HDR_2_0-1038x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/20211004_174814_HDR_2_0-1038x1200.jpg 1038w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/20211004_174814_HDR_2_0-259x300.jpg 259w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image200.png 429w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image200-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mille Elsborg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2026\/09\/image204-1-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Shivani Patel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/Reitzel-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/Reitzel-Logo.png 427w, http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/02\/Reitzel-Logo-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">maybe you?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"272\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2013\/02\/cropped-Reitzel_research_word_cloud.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Lab Alumn<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Where they went next <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Alexandra Vargas<\/td><td>University of Miami, Office of Tech Transfer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Sydney Birch <\/td><td>Novogene<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Quinton Krueger<\/td><td>UNC Charlotte<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Auston Rutlekowski<\/td><td>Texas A&amp;M<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Ed Smith<\/td><td>University of Warwick<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remi Ketchum<\/td><td>University of Florida (NSF PRFB recipient) <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Whitney Leach<\/td><td>Stowers Institute<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Devin Klegg<\/td><td>Yale University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amy Klock<\/td><td>NC Research Campus<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Will Alexander <\/td><td>NC Research Campus<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Shelcie Menard<\/td><td>Louisiana Tech University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Jason Macrander<\/td><td>Florida Southern College<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric Kane<\/td><td>Lonza 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Lab Alumn Where they went next Dr. Alexandra Vargas University of Miami, Office of Tech Transfer Dr. Sydney Birch Novogene Dr. Quinton Krueger UNC Charlotte Auston Rutlekowski Texas A&amp;M [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2A8qO-41","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2,"url":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/adam-reitzel\/","url_meta":{"origin":249,"position":0},"title":"Home","author":"James Green","date":"July 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Reitzel lab at UNC Charlotte! 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