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Dylan K. Wainwright

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1974
Ichthyology and Marine BiologyBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanismsFish Ecology and Management StudiesAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish Biology and Ecology Studies

Publications

57

Citations

2,456

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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Dylan K. Wainwright studies the biology and physics of animal surfaces and movement, particularly how fish skin, scales, and jaw structures function and evolve. His work combines biomechanics, hydrodynamics, and comparative anatomy to understand how features like shark denticles, fish mucus, and jaw shapes affect swimming, feeding, and species diversity. Prospective students would work with data spanning fish ecology, evolutionary biology, and biomimetic engineering.

Fish skin and scale biomechanicsBiomimetics and hydrodynamicsJaw and fin evolution in fishesComparative animal surface morphologyEcological and evolutionary diversification

Publication output was higher around 2017-2019, declined through 2022-2023, and has since shown a modest uptick, with an average of about 3.2 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 12 publications12182019: 7 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Morphology×6
  • Harvard Dataverse×6
  • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics×4
  • Bulletin of the American Physical Society×3
  • Science Robotics×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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