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Lab Websites

Professional. Performant. Research. Profiles.

Rosemond Lab

Amy Rosemond, Foundation Professor, University of GeorgiaSpring 2024

A WordPress Block theme with a structured backend (custom post types, fields, and taxonomies), simplified site architecture, and optimized content for improved SEO, incorporating modern image formats (SVG and WebP) while adhering to UGA branding guidelines.

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Pringle Lab

Catherine M. Pringle, Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, University of GeorgiaSpring 2023

A minimalistic WordPress site with a static homepage displaying the PI’s biography and contact information, a dynamic people page sorted by position and year, and a publication page sorted by year with tabular filtering by publication type.

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Rohani Lab

Pejman Rohani, Regents’ Professor, University of GeorgiaSpring 2021

An efficient WordPress site with dynamic posts for streamlined maintenance and incorporated performance optimization strategies, such as caching policies, code minification, and responsive image sizing, featuring a captivating landing page with a research slider, recent publication excerpts, lab news, and a seamlessly integrated Twitter feed.

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Academic Websites

Branded. Academic. Resource. Repositories.

River Basin Center

An interdisciplinary research center that studies sustainable management of aquatic resources and ecosystems.Spring 2023

An extensive revamp, aligning visual elements with the UGA Brand in the footer, header, fonts, and colors, while introducing intuitive content control through a WYSIWYG editor and seamlessly integrating the UGA Event Calendar API and a homepage slider to extend site functionality.

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Tropical Ecology

An interdisciplinary field program in Costa Rica taught by Amanda Rugenski, Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator, University of Georgia.Summer 2022

An accessible WordPress Block Theme featuring searchable research posters, a biodiversity image gallery labeled with species names, and a categorized student blog encompassing topics such as natural history, tropical ecology, culture, and personal reflections.

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Life at Odum

A virtual tour for prospective students developed for the Ecology Graduate Program, Odum School of Ecology.Spring 2021

A compelling ArcGIS StoryMap showcasing the history and research endeavors of the Odum School of Ecology, featuring interactive maps of research centers and field sites, a campus guide, and overviews of the lecture series, social events, and student organizations.

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Outreach Websites

Interactive. Community. Science. Platforms.

COVID-19 Portal

Tracking, modeling, and analyzing the COVID-19 pandemicSpring 2020

An interactive web interface in RMarkdown, deployed on GitHub Pages, co-developed with Éric Marty and in collaboration with CEID Coronavirus Working Group to track, model, and analyze the COVID-19 pandemic, serving researchers, policymakers, and the public.

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EcoReach

K-12 Environmental Outreach ProgramWinter 2020

An outreach program website with integrated interactive at-home learning modules, custom taxonomy for organization, and visual consistency through unified templates, fonts, and colors, while enhancing overall accessibility with comprehensive image labeling and improving search engine visibility through meta descriptions for pages and posts.

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Project Monarch Health

Tracking the spread of disease in monarch butterfliesSummer 2019

A community science project website catering to educators by offering a variety of instructional resources, providing volunteers with step-by-step procedural documentation and identification guides, and offering the public an overview of research findings, interactive maps, and a comprehensive FAQ page.

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