Beyond the Lab

Life, Leadership & Global Moments

Science and engineering don't happen in isolation. Here are photos and videos from conferences, travels, leadership, and life.

Places & perspectives Community & service

A thirteen-person lab group poses outside the entrance marked Donald F. Othmer Hall.

SSBioLab at Othmer Hall · UNL · 2023

A graduate wears Nebraska regalia, a gold hood and a mortarboard with a red, white and black 2024 tassel.

Nebraska graduation portrait · 2024

A speaker holds a microphone and gestures from behind a lectern bearing the Deeper Life Bible Church emblem.

Deeper Life Bible Church · July 2026

A visitor stands beside Astro Cy, Iowa State’s bird mascot sculpture dressed in a spacesuit and holding a gold helmet.

Astro Cy, Howe Hall · Ames, Iowa

A museum visitor in a dark jacket stands beside a large gold Nobel medal display against a dark curtain.

Nobel Prize Museum · Stockholm, Sweden

Three seated musicians perform together on two electronic keyboards and a flute, with hymn books open on a music stand.

Keyboard Ministry 😅 · Independence, Missouri

A participant holds an Instagram-style photo frame labeled nsbe.unl and Lincoln, Nebraska beside large campus windows.

NSBE at Kiewit Hall · UNL

A visitor poses on a brick street, with the green dome of the Indiana Statehouse visible between downtown buildings.

Downtown Indianapolis · Indiana

A graduate in black Nebraska regalia and a gold hood stands among graduates and faculty in a crowded arena.

UNL commencement · Lincoln, Nebraska

Close-up of a graduate in black Nebraska regalia and a gold hood during an indoor commencement ceremony.

A moment at UNL commencement

A student in a Nebraska sweatshirt sits in a red armchair beside tall windows and potted plants.

A quiet moment in Kiewit Hall · UNL

A student wearing a Nebraska sweatshirt stands in a bright glass-walled university commons with tables and a staircase behind.

Campus life at Kiewit Hall · UNL

A visitor poses in front of oversized orange, black and white butterfly wings against a blue wall.

Putnam Museum · Davenport, Iowa

A visitor stands beneath the carved pedestal and statues at the Ángel de la Independencia, with a glass tower in the background.

A portrait on Paseo de la Reforma · Mexico City

The Ángel de la Independencia column rises above its sculpted base, with a visitor near the bottom and a glass tower behind.

Ángel de la Independencia · Mexico City

A vertical video shows a visitor beside an oversized Nobel medal, then a closer selfie view with animated stars.

Nobel Prize Museum · Stockholm · Video

A traveler wearing a cap, headphones and backpack poses with both hands raised against a Baltimore waterfront photo-booth backdrop.

A BWI photo-booth moment

Two musicians seated at electronic keyboards, with gospel hymn books, microphones and audio equipment.

Keyboard ministry 😅 · March 2026

Two seated musicians play electronic keyboards; one sings into a microphone beside an open gospel hymn book.

Music and worship · May 2026

A keyboardist sits behind a Yamaha keyboard with open Gospel Hymns and Songs books on its music stand.

Keyboard ministry 😅· Lincoln, Nebraska · 2024

A gloved researcher uses a micropipette beside a gel tray, tube rack and electrophoresis equipment.

Pipetting at the lab bench

A researcher in blue gloves uses a micropipette over tubes in a yellow rack on a laboratory bench.

Working with laboratory samples

Five people gather around a laboratory bench while one uses a micropipette beside benchtop instruments.

A shared lab session

Five people stand around a laboratory bench, watching a colleague work with a micropipette.

Gathered at the lab bench

A researcher in a light shirt and blue gloves uses a micropipette to work with a small sample tube.

Preparing samples at the bench

A researcher pipettes at a laboratory bench with three colleagues behind him and gas cylinders in the foreground.

Laboratory work with the group

Two gloved researchers work side by side at a laboratory hood with sample tubes, pipettes and Petri dishes.

Working at the laboratory hood · October 2023

Researchers in blue gloves handle a Petri dish and a micropipette together at a laboratory hood.

Pipetting and plate work

Portrait beside the NOBCChE 2026 welcome banner in Cincinnati

NOBCChE 2026 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Three conference attendees beside NOBCChE 2026 banners

Connecting at NOBCChE 2026

Conference attendee beneath a NOBCChE 2026 welcome display

NOBCChE 2026 · Conference moments

Standing beside the river with an illuminated suspension bridge in the background

An evening by the river · NOBCChE 2026 travels

Oral Presentation, AIChE Annual Meeting

Oral Presentation, AIChE Annual Meeting

AIChE Conference Presentation

AIChE Conference Presentation

AIChE Technical Session

AIChE Technical Session

Arabidopsis Research Presentation

Arabidopsis Research Presentation

Plant Biology Research Talk

Plant Biology Research Talk

CorePredX Research Presentation

CorePredX Research Presentation

NOBCChE National Conference

NOBCChE National Conference

NOBCChE Presentation

NOBCChE Presentation

Poster Presentation, AIChE

Poster Presentation, AIChE

COBRA Conference Poster

COBRA Conference Poster

COBRA Poster Session

COBRA Poster Session

Enzyme Engineering Poster

Enzyme Engineering Poster

RealKcat Poster Presentation

RealKcat Poster Presentation

Research Dissemination

Research Dissemination

International Symposium on Plant Lipids 2024

International Symposium on Plant Lipids 2024

M.S. Graduation, UNL

M.S. Graduation, UNL

Graduation Day

Graduation Day

Academic Award Recognition

Academic Award Recognition

Award Ceremony

Award Ceremony

Academic Recognition

Academic Recognition

Abraham Osinuga with research mentees at Kiewit Hall, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in summer 2024

Summer 2024 research mentees · Kiewit Hall, UNL, Nebraska

Kiewit Hall, UNL

Kiewit Hall, UNL

At the Lab Desk

At the Lab Desk

Focused Lab Work

Focused Lab Work

Lab Work

Lab Work

Office Casual

Office Casual

NSBE Discovery Event

NSBE Discovery Event

NSBE Senator Role

NSBE Senator Role

AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston

AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston

AIChE Boston

AIChE Boston

AIChE Boston Conference

AIChE Boston Conference

NOBCChE National Conference, Atlanta

NOBCChE National Conference, Atlanta

Two attendees at the Metabolic Engineering 16 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2025

Metabolic Engineering 16 (ME16) · Copenhagen, Denmark · 2025

Casual Indoor

Casual Indoor

Outdoor Adventures

Outdoor Adventures

Museum Exhibit

Museum Exhibit

Florida Sunset

Florida Sunset

Harbor Sunset

Harbor Sunset

Naval History

Naval History

Star Wars Fun

Star Wars Fun

Urban Exploring

Urban Exploring

USS Midway

USS Midway

Winter Holidays

Winter Holidays