ProfessorFrank Seebacher
Professor of Biology
Faculty of Science
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Leader of the EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY LAB, focusing on responses of animals to changing environments, and how these responses have evolved in space and time.
Areas of Interest: - Physiological Ecology - Evolutionary Physiology - Thermal Biology - Heat transfer - Ectothermy, Endothermy - Cardiac Function, Heart Rate - Reptiles - Crocodilians - Dinosaurs - Lizards
ProfessorSeebacher's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Fundamental Laws of Nature, Understanding Life on Earth.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTAustralian Research Council1 Mar 2025 - 29 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Wechselberger M,
- Little A
- GRANTEpigenetic effects of environmental thyroid disruptionAustralian Research Council (ARC)28 Mar 2022 - 31 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTMitochondrial efficiency as a mechanism for local adaptation in a changing climate (MITOCHADAPT)European Commission (Belgium)1 Sep 2021People funded by this grant:
- Pettersen A,
- Metcalfe N,
- Petterse A,
- Seebacher F
- GRANTPlastic pollution: new driver altering responses to variable environmentsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTThe role of epigenetics in conferring resilience to environmental changeAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Metcalfe N
- GRANTThe physiological dimension of animal group and population dynamicsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Mar 2016People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Seebacher F,
- James RS,
- Sumpter DJT
- GRANTAustralian Research Council1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Ward A,
- Sumpter D,
- James R
- GRANTAustralian Research Council28 Feb 2014 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Franklin C
- GRANTHow does the interaction between environmental drivers determine the impact of global change on animalsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Franklin CE
- GRANTAustralian Research Council22 Feb 2012 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- Wilson R,
- Clobert J
- GRANTDoes physiological plasticity of individuals render populations resilient to climate changeAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Clobert J,
- Seebacher F,
- Wilson R
- GRANTDifferential accumulation of algal biotoxins within diploid and triploid Pacific Oysters and Sydney Rock OystersAustralian Research Council (ARC)15 Jul 2011 - 15 Jul 2014People funded by this grant:
- Murray S,
- Seebacher F,
- O'Connor W
- GRANTMetabolic regulation in variable environmentsDVC Research1 Jan 2010People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTVideo analysis suite for the integrative analysis of resource acquisition behaviour in animalsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2008People funded by this grant:
- Cassis G,
- Brooks RD,
- Booth DJ,
- Seebacher F,
- Bonduriansky R
- GRANTVideo analysis suite for the integrative analysis of resource acquisition behaviour in animalsAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2008 - 29 Oct 2008People funded by this grant:
- Ward A,
- Pile A,
- Williams S,
- Olsson M,
- Bonduriansky R
- GRANTGenetic mechanisms of metabolic control and thermal sensing during thermoregulationAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2007People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTPhysiological thermoregulation and cardiovascular function in reptilesAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2005People funded by this grant:
- Franklin CE,
- Seebacher F
- GRANTResponses of reptiles to fluctuating thermal environments: behaviour or biochemistry?Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2004People funded by this grant:
- Robinson J,
- Seebacher F
- GRANTThe integrated gene analysis facilityUniversity of Sydney1 Jan 2004People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F,
- et al V,
- Jermiin L
- GRANTHow do crocodiles respond to their environment: is metabolic acclimatisation important for Australian crocodilesAustralian Geographic Society1 Jan 2003People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTNot knownDVC Research1 Jan 2003People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTEvolutionary physiology: did nocturnal reptiles evolve a physiological mechanism of thermoregulation?DVC Research1 Jan 2002People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTMetabolic Enzyme Activity in Reptiles: Do Turtles Show Seasonal Acclimatisation?DVC Research1 Jan 2002People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
- GRANTThe effect of frequency of fire on frog populations (for honours student Amy Gye)World Conservation Union (Switzerland)1 Jan 2002People funded by this grant:
- Seebacher F
