{"id":155,"date":"2024-02-02T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog\/2019-2020\/html\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/department-of-biological-sciences\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:57:57","slug":"biological_sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog-2025-2026\/college_of_sciences_and_technology\/biological_sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 88.1732%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.2162%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Office:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.8694%\" valign=\"top\">114 Gouaux Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.2162%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Phone:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.8694%\" valign=\"top\">985-448-4700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.2162%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Professors:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.8694%\" valign=\"top\">Bonvillain, Boopathy, Doucet (Dean of Sciences and Technology), Ferrara, Fontenot, Kilgen (Emeritus), LaFleur, Lasseigne (Emeritus), Melancon (Emeritus), Nathaniel, Zou.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.2162%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Associate Professors:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.8694%\" valign=\"top\">Clay, Michele Robichaux, Raje, Willis (Head).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 27.2162%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Assistant Professors:<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 87.8694%\" valign=\"top\">B. 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