Rate My Professor Chandra Reynolds

Chandra A. Reynolds is a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience and Fellow of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado Boulder, holding the title of Professor in Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Statistical Genetics since August 2023. Previously, she was Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside from 2011 to 2023, now Professor Emerita there, with prior roles as Associate Professor (2006-2011) and Assistant Professor (2001-2006) at UC Riverside, postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Southern California Andrus Gerontology Center (1996-1997) and CU Boulder's Institute for Behavioral Genetics (1994-1995), and research positions at USC. She earned her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology summa cum laude from USC in 1994, M.A. in Developmental Psychology from USC in 1991, and B.A. cum laude in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine in 1988.

Reynolds' research focuses on lifespan development and aging, particularly the coaction of genes and environments on cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias risks. She employs longitudinal designs with twins and adoptees to study early life contexts, behavioral health pathways, and cognitive resilience against genetic and environmental risks. As contact Principal Investigator for the Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging (CATSLife), she advances this field. She contributes to the Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) consortium and the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA). With over 170 publications and nearly 30,000 citations, key works include editing Behavior Genetics of Cognition Across the Lifespan (2014) and co-authoring 'A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease' (Nature Genetics, 2021). Honors include Gerontological Society of America Fellow (2013), Association for Psychological Science Fellow (2019), American Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Fellow (2020), and Honorary Doctorate from Jönköping University (2012). She serves as Associate Editor for Behavior Genetics.