Brad Moon's CV

Publications

Research & Teaching Interests

My main interests encompass vertebrate anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, and evolution.

Professional Positions

• Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007-present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001-2007
• Curatorial Associate of Herpetology, Burke Museum, University of Washington, 1999-2005
• Senior Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1999-2001
• Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Puget Sound, 1998

• Ph.D. in Biology, The University of , Ann Arbor, 1998
• M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1992
• Internship, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, 1988-1989
• B.A. in Biology with Honors & Thesis Honors, University of California Santa Cruz, 1988

• National Science Foundation, Physiological and Structural Systems Cluster, 2008-11
• Faculty Development Grant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007
• National Geographic Society, Committee on Research and Exploration, 2005-06
• Louisiana Board of Regents, Research Competitiveness Grant, 2003-2005
• Louisiana Board of Regents, Enhancement Grant, 2003-2004
• Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (Dr. Paul Leberg, P.I.), 2002-04
• Louisiana Board of Regents, Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty, 2002
• Course-improvement mini-grant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2002
• Summer Research Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001
• Individual National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 2000-01
• Finalist for Best Student Paper competition, Herpetologists League meeting, 1998
• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1997-98
• Rackham Research Partnership (with C. Gans) University of Michigan, 1995-96
• Graduate Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona, 1989-90
• President's Undergraduate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986-87

• Animal Physiology (laboratory & guest lectures)
• Biological Diversity
• Comparative Morphology
• Herpetology
• Introductory Biology (for majors & nonmajors
• Mammalogy (laboratory & guest lectures)
• Phylogenetic Systematics (laboratory & guest lectures)
• Professional Development (graduate seminar)
• Various animal demonstrations for Cub Scouts, school groups, etc.
• Advising of high school students working on science fair projects

• Doctoral dissertation advisor for 4 students
• Master’s thesis advisor for 4 students
• Undergraduate research supervisor for 8 students
• Undergraduate advisor for approximately 30 biology majors each year

• Associate Editor for Herpetologica (physiological ecology)
• Guest Editor for Southeastern Naturalist
• Abstract Editor (with Matthias Starck and others) for Seventh International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
• Abstract Editor (with Burr Betts) for Society of Northwestern Vertebrate Biology

• Curator of herpetological collection at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001-present
• Curatorial Associate of Herpetology, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, 1999-2005
• Research Assistant, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 1994-95
• Intern, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1988-1989
• Volunteer, Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1988

• Reptile surveys along Sacramento River, California, to evaluate long-term shoreline effects of 1991 chemical spill in river; with BioSystems Analysis, Inc., Tiburon CA, 1992
• California desert tortoise conservation and relocation on Mojave Pipeline Project; with  BioSystems Analysis, Inc., Tiburon CA, 1991
• Environmental impact study of endangered species of plants, reptiles, and mammals along proposed pipeline route in the San Joaquin Valley of California; with Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco CA, 1986

• National Science Foundation, panel member
  
• Co-organized symposium for ICVM-7: "Mechanisms and tradeoffs in vertebrate burrowing" with James O'Reilly, University of Miami
  
• Organized program for biennial meeting of the Louisiana Herpetological Research Group, Cocodrie, LA, 2003 & 2006
• Graduate Preliminary Exam Committee, 2002-2005
• Judging Committee for Biology Graduate Student Symposium, 2002, 2003
• Organized program for annual meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, Hood River, OR, 3-6 April 2002
• Vice President for Washington, Society of Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, 2001-02
• Referee for Canadian Journal of Zoology, Copeia, Eagle Mountain Publishing (for book on Biology of Boas and Pythons), Herpetologica, Herpetological Monographs, Herpetological Review, Israel Journal of Zoology, Journal of Animal Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Zoology, London, Loma Linda University Press (for book on Biology of Rattlesnakes), Marcel Dekker, Inc. (book publisher), Northwest Fauna, Shaker Publishing, The Netherlands, W.H. Freeman
• Grant proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation, Research Council, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Fund for Scientific Research (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen), Flanders, Belgium

• Herpetologists League
• International Society of Vertebrate Morphology
• Sigma Xi
• Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

• Louisiana Herpetological Research Group
• Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Sciences
• Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science
• Oregon State University
• Sam Houston State University
• Southeastern Louisiana University
• Tulane University
• University of Antwerp, Belgium
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Biology Club
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Biology, Evolution & Behavior Group
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Sigma Xi seminar series
• University of Southern Mississippi
• University of Texas at Arlington, invited by graduate students for Phi Sigma series
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Texas at Tyler
• University of Washington, Department of Comparative Medicine
• University of Washington, Sue Herring lab, Department of Orthodontics
• University of Washington, Tom Daniel lab, Department of Zoology

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