{"id":311,"date":"2019-11-04T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:29:22","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/group-photos\/\">Group Photos, Through the Years<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76b72ade wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/melissa-g-mitchum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/files\/2019\/12\/melissa100x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1213\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/melissa-g-mitchum\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mitchumlab\/melissa-g-mitchum\/\">Melissa G. 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