{"id":1936,"date":"2026-06-16T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/?page_id=1936"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:41:24","slug":"lab-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/?page_id=1936","title":{"rendered":"Lab News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1939 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long-300x111.png\" alt=\"BioOne Vista website with link to Philip Moore's Pityopsis paper\" width=\"631\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long-1536x566.png 1536w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_BioOneVista-long.png 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1940 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_Abstract-252x300.png\" alt=\"Screencapture of Ruth's Golden Aster paper abstract\" width=\"283\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_Abstract-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Pityopsis_Abstract.png 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philip Moore&#8217;s<\/strong> <em>Pityopsis ruthii<\/em> pollination research (on an endangered southern Appalachian aster) has been featured in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">BioOne VISTA<\/span> (June 2026) that was published in the <em>Journal of Kansas Entomological Science<\/em><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1918 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Pityopsis-ruthii_NaamleAmissa-300x220.png\" alt=\"Ruth's Golden Aster flowering in full sun as it grows from a crack in a boulder midstream on the Hiwassee River.\" width=\"231\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Pityopsis-ruthii_NaamleAmissa-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Pityopsis-ruthii_NaamleAmissa.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1943\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Dr.-Axel-Gonzalez-Murillo-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Dr.-Axel-Gonzalez-Murillo-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Dr.-Axel-Gonzalez-Murillo.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Axel Gonzalez Murillo<\/strong>, who earned his doctoral degree in May 2026!<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gonzalez Murillo is continuing work in the <em>Klingeman Lab<\/em> while seeking new training and professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:agonzal44@vols.utk.edu\">agonzal44@vols.utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1941 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/MeherOny.png\" alt=\"Dr. Meher Ony in closeup standing in front of water\" width=\"199\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/MeherOny.png 285w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/MeherOny-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>Congratulations to <strong>Dr. Meher Ony<\/strong>, who earned her doctoral degree in December 2025! Dr. Ony completed several studies on molecular diagnostic detection of laurel wilt and oak wilt diseases, and transcriptomics of oak wilt infected trees achieved through research undertaken in the Hadziabdic Lab!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=8QA2nx4AAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1854 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"A group of UT faculty, staff, and graduate students receive award certificates\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-1536x905.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klingemanlab.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/UTIA-GSS-Award-Winners-and-team-2048x1206.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Klingeman was recognized as a <em><strong>Graduate Director of the Year <\/strong><\/em>in 2022, alongside other honorees at the University of Tennessee &#8211; 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