{"id":15,"date":"2019-07-09T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T19:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.butler.edu\/alex-erkine-lab\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:42:41","slug":"campus-research-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.butler.edu\/alex-erkine-lab\/campus-research-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Team Players<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\n\n<div  id=\"jtg-193\" class=\"modula modula-gallery modula-custom-grid\" data-config=\"{&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;tabletHeight&quot;:500,&quot;mobileHeight&quot;:500,&quot;desktopHeight&quot;:500,&quot;enableTwitter&quot;:false,&quot;enableWhatsapp&quot;:false,&quot;enableFacebook&quot;:false,&quot;enablePinterest&quot;:false,&quot;enableLinkedin&quot;:false,&quot;enableEmail&quot;:false,&quot;randomFactor&quot;:0.5,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;custom-grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:12,&quot;gutter&quot;:0,&quot;mobileGutter&quot;:0,&quot;tabletGutter&quot;:0,&quot;desktopGutter&quot;:0,&quot;enableResponsive&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;tabletColumns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;mobileColumns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:0,&quot;lightboxOpts&quot;:{&quot;animated&quot;:true,&quot;Thumbs&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;modern&quot;,&quot;showOnStart&quot;:false},&quot;Toolbar&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:{&quot;right&quot;:[&quot;close&quot;]},&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;Carousel&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;touch&quot;:true},&quot;infinite&quot;:false},&quot;keyboard&quot;:{&quot;Escape&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Delete&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;Backspace&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;PageUp&quot;:false,&quot;PageDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowUp&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowDown&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowRight&quot;:false,&quot;ArrowLeft&quot;:false},&quot;touch&quot;:false,&quot;backdropClick&quot;:false,&quot;l10n&quot;:{&quot;CLOSE&quot;:&quot;Close&quot;,&quot;NEXT&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;PREV&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;Error&quot;:&quot;The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.&quot;,&quot;PLAY_START&quot;:&quot;Start slideshow&quot;,&quot;PLAY_STOP&quot;:&quot;Pause slideshow&quot;,&quot;FULL_SCREEN&quot;:&quot;Full screen&quot;,&quot;THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Thumbnails&quot;,&quot;DOWNLOAD&quot;:&quot;Download&quot;,&quot;SHARE&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Zoom&quot;,&quot;EMAIL&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%%&quot;,&quot;MODAL&quot;:&quot;You can close this modal content with the ESC key&quot;,&quot;ERROR&quot;:&quot;Something Went Wrong, Please Try Again Later&quot;,&quot;IMAGE_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Image Not Found&quot;,&quot;ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;HTML Element Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_NOT_FOUND&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Not Found&quot;,&quot;AJAX_FORBIDDEN&quot;:&quot;Error Loading AJAX : Forbidden&quot;,&quot;IFRAME_ERROR&quot;:&quot;Error Loading Page&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_ZOOM&quot;:&quot;Toggle zoom level&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_THUMBS&quot;:&quot;Toggle thumbnails&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_SLIDESHOW&quot;:&quot;Toggle slideshow&quot;,&quot;TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN&quot;:&quot;Toggle full-screen mode&quot;},&quot;Images&quot;:{&quot;Panzoom&quot;:{&quot;maxScale&quot;:2}},&quot;mainClass&quot;:&quot;modula-fancybox-container modula-lightbox-jtg-193&quot;,&quot;Html&quot;:{&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:0,&quot;videoTpl&quot;:&quot;&lt;video class=\\&quot;fancybox__html5video\\&quot; controls muted playsinline controlsList controlsList=\\&quot;nodownload\\&quot; poster=\\&quot;{{poster}}\\&quot; src=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot; type=\\&quot;{{format}}\\&quot; &gt;  Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos, &lt;a href=\\&quot;{{src}}\\&quot;&gt; download &lt;\\\/a&gt; and watch with your favorite video player! &lt;\\\/video&gt;&quot;}},&quot;inView&quot;:false,&quot;email_subject&quot;:&quot;Check out this awesome image !!&quot;,&quot;email_message&quot;:&quot;Here is the link to the image : %%image_link%% and this is the link to the gallery : %%gallery_link%% &quot;,&quot;lightbox&quot;:&quot;no-link&quot;}\">\n\n\t\n\t<div  class=\"modula-items\">\n\t\t<div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"4\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-64\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab members group photo\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923.jpg\" title=\"Lab photo\" crop=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923-300x186.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923-300x186.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tamara, Nick, Alex, Dwip, Ivan, Levi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923.jpg 2317w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Lab-photo-e1562854056923-1024x635.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Tamara, Nick, Alex, Dwip, Ivan, Levi<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"4\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-65\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Tamara Erkina\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Tamara.jpg\" title=\"Tamara\" crop=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Tamara-300x234.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Tamara-300x234.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tamara Erkina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Tamara.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143547\/Tamara-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Tamara Erkina<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-101\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Nick Powell\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Nick-Powell-e1562873949550.jpg\" title=\"Nick Powell\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Nick-Powell-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Nick-Powell-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Nick Powell\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Nick Powell<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-103\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Levi Smith\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith.jpg\" title=\"Levi Smith\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Levi Smith\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143541\/Levi-Smith-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Levi Smith<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-119\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Dwipayan Bhattacharya\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dupayan-e1562944758146.jpg\" title=\"Dupayan\" crop=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dupayan-e1562944758146-226x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dupayan-e1562944758146-226x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dwipayan Bhattacharya\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dupayan-e1562944758146.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dupayan-e1562944758146-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Dwipayan Bhattacharya<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-107\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Ivan Dixon\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon.jpg\" title=\"Ivan Dixon\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ivan Dixon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Ivan-Dixon-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Ivan Dixon<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-117\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Andrew Gutierrez\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez.jpg\" title=\"Andrew Gutierrez\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Andrew Gutierrez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Andrew-Gutierrez-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Andrew Gutierrez<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-108\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Eric Chen\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen.jpg\" title=\"Eric Chen\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Eric Chen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Eric-Chen-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Eric Chen<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"4\" data-height=\"4\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-121\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Dan Dudman\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman.jpg\" title=\"Dan Dudman\" crop=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman-208x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman-208x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dan Dudman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143538\/Dan-Dudman-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Dan Dudman<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-118\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Brad Broyles\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Brad-Broyles-e1562944775647.jpg\" title=\"Brad Broyles\" crop=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Brad-Broyles-e1562944775647-223x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Brad-Broyles-e1562944775647-223x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Brad Broyles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Brad-Broyles-e1562944775647.jpg 714w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143539\/Brad-Broyles-e1562944775647-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Brad Broyles<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-106\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - Jenna Habbe\" data-full=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Jenna-Habbe.jpg\" title=\"Jenna Habbe\" crop=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Jenna-Habbe-235x300.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Jenna-Habbe-235x300.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jenna Hebbe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Jenna-Habbe.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/research\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/02143540\/Jenna-Habbe-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/>\n\t\t<div class=\"figc\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"figc-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jtg-description\">Jenna Hebbe<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div class=\"modula-item effect-pufrobo\" data-width=\"2\" data-height=\"2\" >\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"modula-item-content\">\n\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic wp-image-104\"  data-valign=\"middle\" data-halign=\"center\" alt=\"Lab member - 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