{"id":45,"date":"2024-08-15T21:37:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/dr-bathi-research\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-08-21T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:00:46","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/dr-bathi-research\/home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to <strong><em>Dr. Jejal Bathi&#8217;s Research Lab<\/em><\/strong>! 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