Graduate Students in the Moon Lab To reach these folks by phone, try calling the lab: 337-482-1375
Elizabeth Barron		M.S. student Underground predation mechanisms in snakes-- just defended her thesis very nicely!
Michael Fulbright		Ph.D. student Feeding mechanisms in map turtles
CJ Hillard	Picture coming soon (I hope)	M.S. student Interested in feeding biology of snakes
Ivan Moberly		Ph.D. student Locomotor mechanisms in chameleons
Ariana Rupp	Picture coming soon (I hope)	Ph.D. student Feeding biology in mud snakes

Former Students
Kara Haddock	Former M.S. student	At large
Joseph Bennett	M.S., 2011	At large
William Cefalu, III	B.S., 2006	Went on to medical school
Benjamin Dantzer	M.S., 2006 Chemical communication in salamanders	Faculty member at The University of Michigan
Schuyler Dartez	B.S., 2006 M.S., 2008 Constriction strength in pythons	Biologist, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Craig Denesha	M.S., 2006 Thermoregulation & range expansion in brown anoles	Instructor at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina
Michael Dupuis	B.S., 2007	Earned a M.S. here with Dr. Mark Hester.
Chris Fontenot	B.S.	M.S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Nick Haertle	Deceased, February 2016	We miss him.
Paul Hampton	Ph.D., 2010	Now Assistant Professor at Colorado Mesa University
Audrey Hebert	B.S., 2011	Went on to PA program
Lara Henderson	B.S., 2011	Went on to dental school
Cory J Hillard	B.S., 2017	Coming back for M.S. degree we hope!
Forest Huval	B.S., coming soon	Went on to graduate school in entomology at LSU
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	Assistant Professor, Cottey College, starting fall 2018
Heather Olivier (now Birdsong)	B.S., 2006 M.S., 2008 Amphibian conservation biology	Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
David Penning	Ph.D., 2016	Assistant Professor, Missouri Southern State University
Ali Rabatsky	Ph.D., 2007 Vestigialization of the rattling system in insular rattlesnakes	Associate Professor, Palmer College of Chiropractic in Flordia
Beth Rivers	B.S., coming soon	Worked with us on amphibian feeding biology and muscular control of movement
Katherine Rothermel	B.S., 2011	Went on to dental school
Navasha Singh	Deceased, November 2012	We miss her.
Tyler Thigpen	M.S., 2011	Ecologist at Delta Land Services

Current & recent study species
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Collaborators

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Ray Bauer, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jim Delahoussaye, Butte La Rose, Louisiana
Anthony Herrel, Muséum Nat’l d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Nathan Kley, Stony Brook University
Rita Mehta, University of California at Santa Cruz
Alan Savitzky, Utah State University
Rick Shine, University of Sydney, Australia
Alexa Tullis, University of Puget Sound

Information for Prospective Students

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.

Louisiana is a great place to be a biologist, especially a field biologist (or a lab biologist who likes to go on field trips). Here are links to photographs showing some biology in Louisiana:

Our study species in the lab (opens in new window).
Amphibians of Louisiana (opens in new window).
Birds of Louisiana (opens in new window).
More photo galleries to come soon (Louisiana reptiles, miscellaneous animals, and habitats).

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 70504-3602,
Telephone: (337) 482-5662, E-mail: Brad.Moon @ Louisiana.edu (but be sure to delete the spaces around the @ symbol).

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Updated October 2018