Professor in Zoology
Australian Professorial Research Fellow (ARC)
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Queensland
email: c.franklin@uq.edu.au
phone: +61 7 3365 2355
Short Bio
Craig is an Australian Professorial Fellow and Professor in Zoology at The University of Queensland. He has been a member of academic staff at The University of Queensland since 1995, arriving from the Gatty Marine Laboratory at The University of St Andrews, Scotland where he was a research fellow. He originally emanated from New Zealand, where he did his Ph.D. at The University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
These days he heads a large research lab with a talented group of inspirational young scientists and has ongoing collaborations with external agencies including Australia Zoo, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, and Antarctica, New Zealand.
Craig has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes during his career, including being appointed as an Australian Professorial Fellow by the Australian Research Council; receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Göteborg, Sweden; and receiving the President’s Medal from the Society for Experimental Biology, UK. He is also acknowledged as an outstanding teaching, being a recipient of The University of Queensland Award for Excellence in Teaching and twice a finalist in the Australian Awards for University Teaching for 1st year biology team teaching.
He has published over a 150 scientific articles, including papers in the prestigious journals Science and Nature. He was a recipient for the Whitley Book Award for a proceedings on “Crocodilian Biology and Evolution” and has recently written a field guide to Antarctica; the “Antarctica Cruising Guide” published by AWA Press.
Research Interests
The underlying emphasis of my research deals with the flexibility and plasticity of physiological systems in ectotherms in response to environmental change. My approach is to examine both within the lab and field setting the performance and physiological responses of ectotherms (fish, frogs and reptiles) to changing environmental factors such as temperature, salinity and oxygen levels. He is a strong proponent of wildlife conservation and has a number of research projects assessing the impact of environmental change and human disturbance.
Outside Interests
Entertaining and indulging in great food and wine
Walking along the beach and in the bush with my partner and my Staffy-Lab-Doberman dog, Ella.
Wildlife and Antarctic Photography (see my book Antarctica Cruising Guide - AWA Press)
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