{"id":25,"date":"2024-08-05T11:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:13:44","slug":"post-doctoral-research-associates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/people\/post-doctoral-research-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-doctoral Research Associates"},"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\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2025\/06\/Pei-Ling_1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1408\" style=\"border-width:2px;width:219px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2025\/06\/Pei-Ling_1-1.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2025\/06\/Pei-Ling_1-1-259x300.jpeg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Dr. Pei-Ling Yu<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong>Email:<\/strong> plyu@uga.edu<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pei-ling-yu-384299117\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.tw\/citations?user=hxkX-WgAAAAJ&amp;hl=zh-TW\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 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class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Dr. Sunil Gangurde<\/mark><\/strong><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">Duration:<\/mark><\/strong> Dec. 2021 &#8211; Aug. 2023<br><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Current Position:<\/strong> <\/mark>Associate Scientist at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India<br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.in\/citations?user=wslUAGcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Google Scholar<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"675\" 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style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">Duration:<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\"> Jan. 2020 &#8211; May 2022<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">Current Position:<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\"><strong> <\/strong><\/mark>Assistant Professor in Organic Agriculture at UGA, Athens, Georgia, US<br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.in\/citations?user=Dn7QmGcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=sra\"><strong>Google Scholar<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2024\/09\/Gaurav_pic-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1119\" style=\"border-width:2px;width:299px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2024\/09\/Gaurav_pic-1-edited.jpg 676w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2024\/09\/Gaurav_pic-1-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/duttalab\/files\/2024\/09\/Gaurav_pic-1-edited-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\"><strong>Dr. Gaurav Agarwal<\/strong><\/mark><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">Duration:<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\"> Aug. 2018 &#8211; Sept. 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