{"id":12316,"date":"2019-03-21T13:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=12316"},"modified":"2019-12-11T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:10:14","slug":"grad-student-alex-chung-receives-his-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/grad-student-alex-chung-receives-his-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad student Alex Chung receives his PhD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8859\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 140px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/02\/graduate-student-Alex-Chung.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Alex Chung, PhD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alex Chung, under the direction of Dr. Parise, successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 21, 2019! 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