Bruce Walsh (scientist)

James Bruce Walsh (born 1957)^[1] is an American geneticist whose research focuses on evolutionary and quantitative genetics. He has been Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona since 1986.^[2] He discovered the moth species Lithophane leeae in 2009,^[3][4] and another moth species, Drasteria walshi, is named after him.^[5]

Bruce Walsh
Born	James Bruce Walsh 1957 (age 67–68)
Nationality	American
Education	University of California, Davis University of Washington
Scientific career
Fields	Evolutionary genetics Quantitative genetics
Institutions	University of Arizona
Thesis	Theoretical models of speciation and graphical structure: the truth about stasipatric speciation and protection of alleles in linear stepping stone models  (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Joe Felsenstein