/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Lato Italic'), local('Lato-Italic'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u8w4BMUTPHjxsAUi-qNiXg7eU0.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Lato Italic'), local('Lato-Italic'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u8w4BMUTPHjxsAXC-qNiXg7Q.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 700;
  src: local('Lato Bold Italic'), local('Lato-BoldItalic'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u_w4BMUTPHjxsI5wq_FQftx9897sxZ.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 700;
  src: local('Lato Bold Italic'), local('Lato-BoldItalic'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u_w4BMUTPHjxsI5wq_Gwftx9897g.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Lato Regular'), local('Lato-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6uyw4BMUTPHjxAwXiWtFCfQ7A.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: local('Lato Regular'), local('Lato-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wXiWtFCc.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 700;
  src: local('Lato Bold'), local('Lato-Bold'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u9w4BMUTPHh6UVSwaPGQ3q5d0N7w.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 700;
  src: local('Lato Bold'), local('Lato-Bold'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/lato/v15/S6u9w4BMUTPHh6UVSwiPGQ3q5d0.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}

a {
  color: #1772d0;
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:focus,
a:hover {
  color: #f09228 !important;
  text-decoration: none;
}

body,
td,
th,
tr,
p,
a {
  font-family: 'Lato', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px
}


strong {
  font-family: 'Lato', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}

heading {
  font-family: 'Lato', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 22px;
}

name {
  font-family: 'Lato', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 32px;
}

papertitle {
  font-family: 'Lato', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 500
}

.one {
  width: 160px;
  height: 160px;
  position: relative;
}

.two {
  width: 160px;
  height: 160px;
  position: absolute;
  transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
  -webkit-transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
}

.fade {
  transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
  -webkit-transition: opacity .2s ease-in-out;
}

span.highlight {
  background-color: #ffffd0;
}

/* ------------- HEADER and NAV BAR ------------------------- */

/* Ensure the header stays horizontally aligned */
header {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between; /* Space between the name and navbar */
  align-items: center; /* Vertically center align the items */
  padding: 4px;
}

/* Style for the navigation bar */
.navbar ul {
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.navbar li {
  margin: 0 20px; /* Space between the menu items */
}

.navbar a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: inherit;  /* Inherit the color from surrounding text */
  font-size: 18px;  /* Keep the text size similar to the rest of the page */
  position: relative;
  transition: color 0.3s ease;
}

/* Underline effect on hover */
.navbar a::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -3px;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  background-color: black;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: bottom right;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}

.navbar a:hover::after {
  transform: scaleX(1);
  transform-origin: bottom left;
}

.navbar a:hover {
  color: black; /* Change text color on hover (optional) */
}

/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
.container{
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1000px;
  border: 0;
  border-spacing: 0;
  border-collapse: separate;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* ---------------- About SECTION -------------------- */

.about-content {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
}

.about-text {
  flex: 2;
}

.profile-photo {
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.profile-photo img {
  max-width: 100%;
  border-radius: 10px;
  clip-path: circle();
}

.about-text a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #007bff;
}

.contact a {
  margin-right: 10px;
}

/* -------------------- RESEARCH SECTION ------------------------------- */

.research-item {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start; /* Aligns items to the top */
  gap: 20px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  
}

.research-img {
  width: 270px;
  height: auto;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.research-description {
  flex: 1; /* Allows the text to take up the remaining space */
}

.papertitle {
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}

.justified-text{
  text-align: justify;
}

.research-details {
  width: 75%;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

.center-text {
  text-align: center;
}

.heading {
  font-size: 22px;
}

img.hoverZoomLink {
  width: 70%;
  max-width: 70%;
  border-radius: 50%;
}