{"id":949,"date":"2021-10-20T00:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T07:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/rigl\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:23:32","slug":"personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/rigl\/personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Staff<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-card-wrapper wsu-card-wrapper--per-row-2\" >\r\n    \n<article class=\"wsu-card\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1252\/2021\/10\/Profile_Jeff.Vervoort.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1252\/2021\/10\/Profile_Jeff.Vervoort.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1252\/2021\/10\/Profile_Jeff.Vervoort-396x396.jpg 396w, 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