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Matthew Walsh

Environmental Science · Indiana University

Established · publishing since 1988

Publications

149

Citations

3,203

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

39

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Matthew Walsh studies how fish populations adapt and evolve in response to their environment, using field experiments and transplant studies with species such as Trinidadian killifish and stickleback. This work examines how changes in predation, light, competition, and diet drive shifts in physical traits, behavior, and evolutionary trajectories across generations. Note: the provided publication list appears to mix records from several different authors, so some entries (e.g., cancer, machine learning, and human resources topics) likely belong to other researchers.

Fish ecology and evolutionExperimental transplant and rewilding studiesPhenotypic and behavioral divergenceIntergenerational and dietary effects on traitsAquatic ecosystems

Publication activity has been steady and generally growing over the last decade, though the record likely combines multiple authors, so counts should be interpreted with caution.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through February 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNSF 2236741through Feb 2027 · $686k awarded

    The evolution of anticipatory maternal effects versus maternal condition transfer effects in Trinidadian killifish

2 earlier awards
  • NSF 1651613Jul 2017 – Jun 2023 · $600k awarded

    CAREER: Does behavioral plasticity promote or constrain adaptation? A test using resurrection.

  • NSF 1701416Jun 2017 – May 2019 · $20k awarded

    DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The evolution of complexity: tests of the ecological drivers of eye size evolution in Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii)

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 573 established Environmental Science PIs within our index
Citations: 3,203cohort median 2,398
h-index: 33cohort median 23
Publications / year (recent): 9.2cohort median 3.7

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 30% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 39 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 13 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 16 publications16242025: 8 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • RAND Corporation eBooks×10
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences×6
  • Ecology and Evolution×5
  • Figshare×5
  • Functional Ecology×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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