Next Steps

Completed

• New git repo created
• Git author confirmed as Koutian Wu ktwu01@gmail.com
• Research dossier created for Eric C. Greene, Ph.D.
• Milestone tables created
• Initial timeline / storymap JSON scaffold created
• First landing page prototype created
• SOTA design review added at research/sota-design-review.md
• Editorial content schema added:
  • data/chapters.json
  • data/locations.json
  • data/validation.json
  • data/sources.json
  • data/artifacts.json
• Landing page rebuilt into an editorial chronicle with:
  • premium hero + thesis framing
  • phase rail / quick navigation
  • narrative timeline chapters
  • synced MapLibre geography module
  • curated validation groups
  • denser reference timeline sourced from data/timeline.json
  • source archive
  • source-backed editorial artifact cards for the strongest chapters
  • archive timeline sourcing labels + source-origin filters
  • lightweight artifact/media taxonomy via data/artifact-taxonomy.json
  • chapter-specific map captions, camera presets, and active route emphasis
  • present-direction / why-now module via data/present-direction.json
• Research chapters structured with academic milestones:
  • Doctoral training at Texas A&M
  • NIH postdoctoral research
  • Columbia faculty position
  • DNA curtains innovation
  • CRISPR-Cas9 research
  • RAD51/homologous recombination studies
  • Cancer center connections
• Validation wall upgraded to source-backed research ecosystem module with institutional affiliations, technical innovations, and research impact metrics
• Artifact system ready for multi-source editorial artifacts and richer chapter treatments
• Evidence-exhibit layer structure in place for future expansion
• Explicit reader-mode system added so the chronicle supports skim/deep split
• Chapter-compass layer added for navigation
• Complete conversion from Sean Xiang/Bloombase to Eric C. Greene research chronicle

Next implementation steps

1. Strengthen the source archive further by capturing more direct primary URLs for:
   • Texas A&M doctoral work and publications
   • NIH postdoc publications and research output
   • Early Columbia faculty publications
   • DNA curtains methodology papers
2. Populate research milestone artifact slots with:
   • Key publication cards
   • Technique documentation
   • Conference presentations
   • Research highlights
3. Deepen the exhibit treatment so the strongest chapters read as grouped comparative narratives of research breakthroughs
4. Add deep-briefs content for each chapter to provide contextual framework
5. Consider migrating the static prototype into Astro once the content model stabilizes
6. Gather additional biographical details and research timeline specifics to enrich the narrative