{"id":41519,"date":"2026-08-18T13:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=41519"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:53:58","slug":"researcher-dr-rene-van-eck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/researcher-dr-rene-van-eck\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher &#8211; Dr. Rene Van Eck\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"41519\" class=\"elementor elementor-41519\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18763a0 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-18763a0-b92d840\" data-id=\"18763a0\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"18763a0\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6b71c e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-9f6b71c-ec44e32\" data-id=\"9f6b71c\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" 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