Prof. Dr. Frank Seebacher

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAnimal Biochemistry and Physiology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
KeywordsMuscle, Phenotypic Plasticity, Behaviour, Movement, Metabolism

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CitySydney
InstitutionUniversity of Sydney
InstituteSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jens KrauseAbteilung Biologie und Ökologie der Fische, Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Seebacher is an international authority on research that links physiological mechanisms and ecological processes, with emphasis on evolutionary patterns of plasticity in variable environments. He recently demonstrated that phenotypic plasticity can buffer individuals from the effects of climate change. In Germany, he will work on physiological differences between individuals and their implication for social behaviour, and focus on the effects of diet-induced obesity.