{"id":20450,"date":"2025-10-15T18:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/biology-new\/?page_id=20450"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:48:16","slug":"search-by-last-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/biology\/search-by-last-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Search by Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t\t<div id='alpha_people_1_emd_person-cont' class='emd-container '>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id='alpha_people_1_emd_person-view' class='emd-view-results'>\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"alpha-emplist-1\" class=\"emd-list-group\" data-init-letter=\"\" data-all-text=\"All\" data-nomatch-text=\"No matching entries\" data-filter-selector=\".elist-group-item .person-last-name\"><li class=\"person emd-card faculty\" style=\"display:flex;flex-direction: column;margin:5px;list-style-type: none;\">\n\t<a style=\"text-decoration:none\" class=\"elist-group-item\" title=\"Alfredo Ghezzi Grau\" 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class=\"ent-person-type\">Faculty<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tax-wrapper persontitle\"><div class=\"tax-persontitle small\">Full Professor<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper personarea\"><div class=\"tax-personarea small\">BIOL4990<\/div><div class=\"tax-personarea small\">Graduate Program<\/div><div class=\"tax-personarea small\">Undergraduate Program<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper personappt\"><div class=\"tax-personappt small\">Tenure Track<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper persondept\"><div class=\"tax-persondept small\">Biology<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper person_rareas\"><div class=\"tax-person_rareas small\">Evolution and Genetics<\/div><div class=\"tax-person_rareas small\">Animal Behavior<\/div><div class=\"tax-person_rareas small\">Neuroscience<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper personaff\"><div class=\"tax-personaff small\">University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tax-wrapper directorytag\"><div class=\"tax-directorytag 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