Graduate Students in the MoonLab

To reach these folks by phone, try calling the lab: 337-482-1375

Nick Haertle
Ph.D. student
Ecological physiology of cottonmouth snakes
Paul Hampton
Ph.D. candidate
Physiological ecology of feeding in water snakes

 

Former Students

William Cefalu, III B.S., 2006 Went on to medical school
Benjamin Dantzer M.S., 2006
Chemical communication in salamanders
Now in doctoral program at Michigan State University
Schuyler Dartez
B.S., 2006
M.S., 2008

Constriction strength in pythons
Now working at the CEET at UL Lafayette
Craig Denesha M.S., 2006
Thermoregulation & range expansion in brown anoles
Now teaching A&P at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina.
Michael Dupuis B.S., 2007 Now earning M.S. here with Dr. Mark Hester
Chris Fontenot
  Web page: Acadiana Freecycle
Master at QuizBowl and various things technical Steadily approaching graduation
Laura Joseph B.S., 2005 Went on to veterinary school
Nancy Kohn Ph.D., 2008
Learning and memory in salamanders
Co-advised by Dr. Michael Kalish in Cognitive Sciences at UL Lafayette
Now a postdoc at the CNRS in France
Heather Olivier B.S., 2006
M.S., 2008

Amphibian conservation biology
Now working with Dr. Jill Jenkins at the USGS National Wetlands Research Center
Ali Rabatsky Ph.D., 2007
Vestigialization of the rattling system in insular rattlesnakes
Now Assistant Professor at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Flordia.

 

Current & recent study animals in the MoonLab & in field down on Earth
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Collaborators

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Ray Bauer, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jim Delahoussaye, Butte La Rose, Louisiana
Anthony Herrel, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Nathan Kley, Stony Brook University
Rita Mehta, University of California at Davis
Alan Savitzky, Old Dominion University
Rick Shine, University of Sydney, Australia
Alexa Tullis, University of Puget Sound
Shawn Vincent, Indiana University Kokomo

 

Information for Prospective Students

This past year (2007-08), four students in my lab graduated. So there is room for new graduate students to pursue laboratory or field projects in physiology and functional morphology.

The Department of Biology at UL Lafayette offers both M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology. For research and teaching, our students can draw on animal care facilities, extensive laboratory equipment, the microscopy center, museum collections, and library holdings in anatomy, physiology, and herpetology.

Our graduate students gain excellent experience with developing and conducting independent research projects, with presenting research results at scientific conferences, and with publishing scientific papers. Our doctoral graduates have been highly successful in finding research or teaching positions in their fields of interest.

To find out about getting involved in my lab, please feel free to contact me at:

Brad Moon, Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette LA 70504-2451,
Telephone: (337) 482-5662, E-mail: BradMoon_Louisiana.edu (be sure to replace the underscore with @ in this e-mail address).

 
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Updated October 2008