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Col. Paul R. Moosman, Jr., Ph.D.

Col. Paul R. Moosman, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Office: 301E Maury-Brooke Hall

Phone: 540-464-7433

Email: moosmanpr@vmi.edu

Fields: Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Ecology, Endangered Species

COL Moosman graduated with a B.S. in Biology from the 麻豆女演员 Institute in 1998. After VMI, he obtained a M.S. in Biology, with an emphasis in Applied Ecology, from Eastern Kentucky University in 2001, and a PhD in Biology at Auburn University, in 2005. Moosman鈥檚 graduate research focused on the ecology and conservation of North American bats. For his master鈥檚 thesis, he studied bat community composition in fragmented and unfragmented woodlands in Kentucky, and for his dissertation, Moosman studied roosting habits of the federally endangered Indiana bat. In 2005, he became a post-doctoral research associate for a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project at Fitchburg State University, in Massachusetts 鈥� working with undergraduate students to study the roles that firefly flash signals play in mate selection and as warning signals to potential mammalian predators. This work was followed by a second cross-disciplinary NSF grant to develop an ultrasound recorder small enough to collect recordings from free-flying bats, to study how they interpret their surroundings with echolocation.

In 2008, Moosman returned to VMI, joining its faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. In his time at VMI, he helped expand the Biology Department鈥檚 course offerings, by developing courses with a strong field- and organismal biology focus, often with heavy experiential components. Throughout his career, Moosman has also been one of the Institute鈥檚 most active researchers and mentors of cadets, inviting many students to join him to work on their own research projects. His work with rare and endangered bats has made him a leading expert in North American bat biology. In particular, Moosman has 聽聽pioneered new techniques for studying bat species that roost in rocky landscape features. His research, and that of his former students, is helping to improve conservation approaches for rock-roosting bats in both the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains.

Moosman has also been an active mentor of cadets outside of academics. In his early years at VMI, he was active in a variety of cadet chapel related ministries and served as coach of the Triathlon Club until 2011. In 2015, he began working with the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club and took over as head coach in 2021.

Publications
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., E.K. Pody*, D.M. Marsh, and T.J. Brust*. 2023. Differential selection of roosts by Eastern Small-footed Myotis relative to rock structure and microclimate. Journal of Mammalogy聽
  • Grilliot, M.E., Tracy, W.A.*, and Moosman, P.R. 2023. Geographic distribution note of little brown skink (Scincella lateralis) in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Herpetological Review 54 (1)
  • Alston, J.M., D.A. Keinath, C.K.R. Willis, C.L. Lausen, J.M. O鈥橩eefe, J.D. Tyburec, H.G. Broders, P.R. Moosman, T.C. Carter, C.L. Chambers, E.H. Gillam, K. Geluso, T.J Weller, D.W. Burles, Q.E. Fletcher, K.J.O. Norquay, and J.R. Goheen. 2023. Environmental drivers of body size in North American bats. Functional Ecology 37:1020-1032.聽
  • Reynolds, D.S., K. Shoemaker, S. von Oettingen, S. Najjar, J.P. Veilleux, and P.R. Moosman. 2021. Integrating multiple survey techniques to document a shifting bat community in the wake of white-nose syndrome. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12:395鈥�411.聽
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., D. Marsh, E.K. Pody, M.P. Dannon, and R.J. Reynolds. 2020. Efficacy of visual surveys for monitoring populations of talus-roosting bats. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11:1-12. DOI: 10.3996/122019-NAF-002
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., P.R. Anderson, and M.G. Frasier. 2017. Use of rock-crevices in winter by big brown bats and eastern small-footed bats in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley of Virginia. Banisteria 48:9-13.
  • Hann, Z.A., M.J. Hosler, and P.R. Moosman, Jr. 2017. Roosting habits of two eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist, 24.
  • Huth, J.K., A. Silvis, P.R. Moosman, Jr., W.M. Ford, and S. Sweeten. 2015. A comparison of survey methods for documenting presence of Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bats) at roosting areas in western Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science, 66:413-425.
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., D.P. Warner, R.H. Hendren, M.J. Hosler. 2015. Potential for monitoring eastern small-footed bats on talus slopes. Northeastern Naturalist, 22:1-13.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., J. P. Veilleux, G. W. Pelton, and H. H. Thomas. 2013. Changes in capture rates in a community of bats in New Hampshire during the progression of white-nose syndrome. Northeastern Naturalist, 20:552-558.
  • Thomas, H. H., P. R. Moosman, Jr., J. Pierre Veilleux, and J. Holt. 2012. Foods of bats (Family Vespertilionidae) from five sites in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 126:117-124.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., H. H. Thomas, and J. P. Veilleux. 2012. Diet of the widespread insectivorous bats Eptesicus fuscus and Myotis lucifugus relative to climate and richness of bat communities. Journal of Mammalogy 92:491-496.
  • Austin, K. B., P. R. Moosman, and H. H. Thomas. 2011. Eavesdropping on echolocation: Recording the bat’s auditory experience. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp.7682-7686, Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011.
  • Sharkey, E. K., A. South, P. R. Moosman, C. K. Cratsley, & S. M. Lewis. 2010. Assessing condition-dependence of male flash signals in Photinus fireflies. Journal of Insect Behavior 23:215-225.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., C. K. Cratsley, S. D. Lehto, and H. H. Thomas. 2009. Do courtship flashes of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) serve as aposematic signals to insectivorous bats? Animal Behaviour 78:1019-1025.
  • Austin, K. B., H. H. Thomas, P. R. Moosman, Jr., P. Lustig, B. Crepeau, B. Huff, K. Veasna, M. Tatro, & R. Farnsworth. 2009. Capturing the auditory experience of behaving bats: a preliminary study. Proceedings of the International Conference of Computing in Engineering, Science, and Information, pp. 123-126.
  • Veilleux, J. P., P. R. Moosman, Jr., D. S. Reynolds, K. A. LaGory, L. J. Walston, Jr. 2009. Observations on summer roosting and foraging behavior of a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) in southern New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist 16:148-152.
  • Veilleux, J. P., H. H. Thomas, and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2008. Bats of Pisgah State Park, New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist 15:25-34.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., H. H. Thomas, and J. P. Veilleux. 2007. Food habits of eastern small-footed bats (Myotis leibii) in New Hampshire. American Midland Naturalist 158:354-360.
  • Moosman, D. L. and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2006. Subcutaneous movements of visible implant elastomers in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Herpetological Review 37:300-301.
  • White, J. A., P. R. Moosman, Jr., C. H. Kilgore, and T. L. Best. 2006. First record of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) from southern New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 51:420-422.
  • Moosman, D. L., and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2005. Natural History Note: Bufo americanus, Rana catesbeiana, Microhabitat. Herpetological Review 36:298.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., D. L. Moosman, and J. C. Pillow. 2005. Geographic distribution. Ambystoma talpoideum (mole salamander). Herpetological Review 36:198.
  • Williams, M. I., R. D. Birkhead, P. R. Moosman, Jr., and S. M. Boback. 2004. Agkistrodon piscivorus (eastern cottonmouth) diet. Herpetological Review 35:271-272.
  • Palmer-Ball, B., Jr. and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2002. Some notes from the 2001 breeding season. The Kentucky Warbler 78.