Dr. Katelynn Perrault Uptmor is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary (W&M) and the Principle Investigator of the Nontargeted Separations Laboratory research group. She obtained her PhD from University of Technology Sydney in Australia and performed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Liège in Belgium. She also worked as faculty at Chaminade University of Honolulu in the Forensic Sciences/Chemistry program from 2017-2023 prior to starting at W&M in August 2023. Her research group is comprised of Undergraduate and Masters research students in the area of analytical chemistry working on forensic, food and natural product applications. Her research focuses on using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) to uncover volatiles as mediator chemicals in processes associated with life, health, disease, and death. This research highlights the use of GC×GC in a wide range of fields and has been recognized by several major awards including the ACS Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, the John B. Phillips Award, the Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award, and The Analytical Scientist’s Top 40 Under 40 Power List (2018 and 2022). Dr. Perrault Uptmor is a big advocate for training the next generation of analytical chemists and is extremely active in mentoring students at the undergraduate level to get involved in research.