Biography: Reinner was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He earned his B.Sc. (with Honors) in Chemistry from Maseno University, Kenya, in 2013. In 2018, he completed a M.Sc. degree in Physical Chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Ojwach and Dr. Deogratius Jaganyi. Continuing at University of KwaZulu-Natal, Reinner completed his Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry in 2021 under the guidance of Prof. Stephen Ojwach. His doctoral research centered on the synthesis of Pd(II) complexes and investigating  their kinetics and mechanisms in ligand substitution reactions, as well as their interactions with DNA/BSA proteins and their cytotoxicity. In 2022, Reinner joined Dr. Gregory Smith's group at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, as a postdoctoral researcher. His work there centered on synthesizing polynuclear platinum group metal complexes and exploring their photophysical properties, and photocytotoxicity. In 2024, he began his second postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Luke Erber’s research lab at the University of Kansas, USA, focusing on chemical synthesis, and development of chemical tools to probe and characterize DNA-protein interactions using small molecules. Outside the lab, he enjoys jogging, reading memoirs, and listening to music.