WALSH LAB PEOPLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Matthew Walsh Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology University of Texas Arlington Evolutionary Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Life History Evolution Office: Life Sciences B32 Phone: 817-272-1546 [email protected]
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POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Alex Landy (2018 - present)
How labile is phenotypic evolution and what factors inhibit this process? My research aims to answer this question. For my dissertation I studied how ecological and genetic factors influence the evolution of body morphology in poecilid fish. Currently, as a postdoc in the Walsh lab, I am investigating the role of plasticity, including transgenerational plasticity, on evolutionary processes. This project includes the study of Daphnia from contemporary populations as well as Daphnia clones resurrected from sediment cores dating back to the late 1800s.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS & CANDIDATES
Kaitlyn Howell (PhD, 2017 - present)
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My goal as a PhD student is to eventually tie my research to conservation. I am broadly interested in how anthropogenic factors alter ecosystem functions, organism behavior, and species evolution, and how these changes can be rectified or balanced with the constraints of modern society. I am also interested in how an organism’s environment drives species evolution.
Currently, I am addressing questions related to the evolution of brain size in Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii). Specifically, I am testing the cognitive buffer theory for the evolution of larger brains, within populations of Rivulus. Work has shown evolved size differences in these populations, so my work is focused on determining if there is a connection between the evolution of larger brains and behavioral flexibility.
Currently, I am addressing questions related to the evolution of brain size in Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii). Specifically, I am testing the cognitive buffer theory for the evolution of larger brains, within populations of Rivulus. Work has shown evolved size differences in these populations, so my work is focused on determining if there is a connection between the evolution of larger brains and behavioral flexibility.
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
COLLABORATORS
Jennifer Howeth - University of Alabama
David Post - Yale University
David Reznick - University of California, Riverside
David Post - Yale University
David Reznick - University of California, Riverside
LAB MASCOT/CONSULTANT
Finn, frog hunter extraordinaire