{"id":229,"date":"2026-06-03T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/?p=229"},"modified":"2026-06-10T04:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:05:28","slug":"veerlapati-defends-ph-d-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/2026\/06\/veerlapati-defends-ph-d-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Veerlapati Defends Ph.D. Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Shivakumar Veerlapati defended\u00a0his Ph.D. thesis titled \u201cBioecological\u00a0Factors\u00a0Influencing Black Pecan Aphid\u00a0Populations and\u00a0their\u00a0Management in Pecan\u00a0orchards\u201d on Thursday, June 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Shivakumar on this important milestone, and best wishes for&nbsp;his future&nbsp;endeavors!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense.jpg\" alt=\"Four individuals stand in front of two display screens showing a UGA-branded presentation slide titled \u201cBioecological factors influencing black pecan aphid populations and their management in pecan orchards\u201d; the group faces the camera in an indoor classroom or meeting space with neutral walls and mounted screens behind them.\" class=\"wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense-1131x675.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/files\/2026\/06\/Shivakumar-PhD-defense-50x30.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Veerlapati (center, left) stands with his Ph.D. committee members after successfully defending his thesis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shivakumar Veerlapati defended\u00a0his Ph.D. thesis titled \u201cBioecological\u00a0Factors\u00a0Influencing Black Pecan Aphid\u00a0Populations and\u00a0their\u00a0Management in Pecan\u00a0orchards\u201d on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Congratulations to Shivakumar on this important milestone, and best wishes for&nbsp;his future&nbsp;endeavors!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":755,"featured_media":406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ph-d","category-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/barmanlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}