Dr. M. Megan Reynolds received her B.S. in Genetics from Texas A&M University in 1999., Before entering graduate school, she gained experience as a research assistant, learning skills using a variety of model organisms, including Drosophila melanogaster. After 5 years of research, Dr. Reynolds entered graduate school and earned her Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M in 2010. Her work included the generation of a deletion library in Salmonella for detection of genes necessary for mice infection. In 2009, prior to completing her dissertation, Dr. Reynolds was tasked with coordination of the undergraduate genetics laboratory, paired with a comprehensive genetics lecture. Over the course of seven years, she overhauled and modernized the lab. Dr. Reynolds managed the separation of the lab from lecture in 2015, when the lab became a stand-alone course. She coordinated fifteen sections of lab per semester, while mentoring graduate teaching assistants. Dr. Reynolds switched roles and has been teaching the GENE 301 lecture course since 2016, sharing her passion for genetics in a different forum. She has consistently received excellent evaluations from students.