{"id":5352,"date":"2026-05-21T13:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:32:33","slug":"congratulations-to-kelin-and-nitish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/2026\/05\/21\/congratulations-to-kelin-and-nitish\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Kelin and Nitish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;who can say they are PhDone!\u00a0 (Mostly. There are still the manuscripts in prep. Hussein and I still want those.) Nitish defended back in August, and Kelin slid under the wire in April, but there&#8217;s something to be said about getting the official hood and diploma. Nitish has been postdocing with Petros Tzeferacos in the <a href=\"https:\/\/flash.rochester.edu\/site\/\">FLASH Center<\/a>, and Kelin is headed back to LANL.\u00a0 We are excited to see what cool stuff they do next!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5362\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5362 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"two individuals wearing doctoral regalia\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labsites.rochester.edu\/shanglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_3850-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nitish and Kelin, post-hooding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This feed isn&#8217;t updated often &#8212; check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urhydrolab\">IG<\/a> for more frequent updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;who can say they are PhDone!\u00a0 (Mostly. 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