photo of Joelle in the lab

Joelle Reich, BS

PhD Candidate

Education

B.S. Biology, College of Charleston, 2023

Bio

Joelle is a Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Conor McClenaghan’s lab focusing on the function, structure, and modulation of two-pore domain potassium channels. She has previously worked at Clemson University in South Carolina on fungal pathogens of the Brassica family, and received a B.S. in Biology with a minor in Biomedical Physics at the College of Charleston

Research Focus

ion channels, protein structure

2024                 T32 Biotechnology Training Grant, GM135141

2022                 Maggie T. Pennington Endowed Scholarship in Biology

2022                 South Carolina NASA Space Consortium Undergraduate Research Award

Biophysical Society 

Toporek SM, Reich J, Keinath AP. Recovery of Alternaria brassicicola from Chopped, Bagged Kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica). Plant Disease. 2024;108(10):2989-2992, . doi:10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0030-SC.