README.md

# [Hugo Research Group Theme](https://github.com/wowchemy/starter-hugo-research-group)

[![Screenshot](./preview.png)](https://wowchemy.com/hugo-themes/)

The **Research Group Template** empowers your research group to easily create a beautiful website with a stunning homepage, news, academic publications, events, team profiles, and a contact form.

️**Trusted by 250,000+ researchers, educators, and students.** Highly customizable via the integrated **no-code, widget-based Wowchemy page builder**, making every site truly personalized ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Easily write technical content with plain text Markdown, LaTeX math, diagrams, RMarkdown, or Jupyter, and import publications from BibTeX.

[Check out the latest demo](https://research-group.netlify.app/) of what you'll get in less than 60 seconds, or [view the showcase](https://wowchemy.com/creators/).

The integrated [**Wowchemy**](https://wowchemy.com) website builder and CMS makes it easy to create a beautiful website for free. Edit your site in the CMS (or your favorite editor), generate it with [Hugo](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo), and deploy with GitHub or Netlify. Customize anything on your site with widgets, light/dark themes, and language packs.

- 👉 [**Get Started**](https://wowchemy.com/hugo-themes/)
- 📚 [View the **documentation**](https://wowchemy.com/docs/)
- 💬 [Chat with the **Wowchemy research community**](https://discord.gg/z8wNYzb) or [**Hugo community**](https://discourse.gohugo.io)
- ⬇️ **Automatically import citations from BibTeX** with the [Hugo Academic CLI](https://github.com/wowchemy/hugo-academic-cli)
- 🐦 Share your new site with the community: [@wowchemy](https://twitter.com/wowchemy) [@GeorgeCushen](https://twitter.com/GeorgeCushen) [#MadeWithWowchemy](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MadeWithWowchemy&src=typed_query)
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- 🚀 [Contribute improvements](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/blob/main/.github/contributing.md) or [suggest improvements](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/issues)
- ⬆️ **Updating?** View the [Update Guide](https://wowchemy.com/docs/hugo-tutorials/update/) and [Release Notes](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/releases)

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## Demo credits

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- [Female scientist](https://unsplash.com/photos/uVnRa6mOLOM)
- [2 Coders](https://unsplash.com/photos/kwzWjTnDPLk)
- [Cafe](https://unsplash.com/photos/RnDGGnMEOao)
- Blog posts
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- Avatars
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