{"id":396,"date":"2026-03-19T00:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/sparc\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:00:44","slug":"team-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/sparc\/s-mukhtar-lab\/team-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Team members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image aligncenter uagb-block-89b3b184 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/sparc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2026\/03\/Shahid-Mukhtar_071624_021-web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shahid Mukhtar 071624 021 web\" class=\"uag-image-247 lazyload\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" title=\"Shahid Mukhtar 071624 021 web\" role=\"img\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-384ab74c46ae5beb8e3c79b3bb90f0e5 wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong><span style=\"color:#F56600\">Dr. Shahid Mukhtar<\/span><\/strong><br>\nPrincipal Investigator<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/science\/academics\/departments\/genbio\/about\/profiles\/mshahid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Info Page<\/a> | \n<a href=\"mailto:mshahid@clemson.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Email<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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