{"id":804,"date":"2025-09-19T23:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/?p=804"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:02:39","slug":"congrats-to-dr-steven-w-smeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/?p=804","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to Dr. Steven W. Smeal!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1335-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1335-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1352-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/csbweb.csb.pitt.edu\/Faculty\/lee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1352-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge congratulations to Steven on a successful thesis defense!! His hard work and persistence was clearly reflected in the rigor of work presented at his defense. We wish you all the best as you take the next exciting steps in your career, Dr. Steven!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge congratulations to Steven on a successful thesis defense!! His hard work and persistence was clearly reflected in the rigor of work presented at his defense. 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