{"id":9170,"date":"2023-06-07T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T15:01:40","slug":"nicholls-biology-graduate-students-win-most-awards-at-laafs-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/07\/nicholls-biology-graduate-students-win-most-awards-at-laafs-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Biology Graduate Students Win Most Awards at LAAFS Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
THIBODAUX, La. \u2013<\/span> ÐÓ°É´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> Marine and Environmental Biology graduate students won six of the nine student awards at the Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society <\/span>annual meeting<\/span><\/a> held in Baton Rouge on May 25-26, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese awards highlight the important research our graduate students are conducting throughout Louisiana and the dedication and hard work on their presentations and thesis research,\u201d said Dr. Christopher Bonvillain, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ director of University Graduate Studies and associate professor of biology.<\/span><\/p>\n The following were awarded:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Louisiana American Fisheries Society<\/span><\/a> began in spring of 1979 as a local resource for fisheries professionals and students to communicate and exchange information regarding the state’s fisheries. The Chapter meets annually every spring and offers a mid-year workshop to expand and review professional skills.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>marine and environmental biology program<\/span><\/a> at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ State allows students to take an expedition through Louisiana\u2019s swamps, marshes and coastal areas. With state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and easy access to multiple field sites, graduate students are well-prepared for real-world marine and environmental careers upon completion of their graduate school expedition at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½. The thesis-based program\u2019s research projects have ranged from the molecular to the ecosystem level and everywhere in between, featuring 14 graduate faculty on staff and numerous adjunct faculty, including researchers at <\/span>LUMCON<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b>Wednesday, June 7, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b>Jerad David, Director of Communications,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 985.448.4303<\/span> or <\/span>jerad.david@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Marine and Environmental Biology graduate students won six of the nine student awards at the Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting held in Baton Rouge on May 25-26, 2023. \u201cThese awards highlight the important research our graduate students are conducting throughout Louisiana and the dedication and hard work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":9171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,11,483],"tags":[595,328,593,597,596,594,592,591,496],"class_list":["post-9170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","category-news","category-university-graduate-studies","tag-dinah-cador","tag-dr-chris-bonvillain","tag-elizabeth-myers","tag-graduate-students","tag-haleigh-sever","tag-katherine-wright","tag-laafs-annual-meeting","tag-louisiana-chapter-of-american-fisheries-society","tag-marine-and-environmental-biology"],"yoast_head":"\n\n