Richard (Dick) Frankham | |
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| Citizenship | Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Biologist, author, and academic |
| Awards | MJD White Medal, Genetics Society of Australia Whitley Commendation, Royal Zoological Society of NSW Ulysses S. Seal Award for Innovation in Conservation, CPSG of SSC/IUCN |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BScAgrHons I in Agriculture PhD in Animal Genetics DSc Conservation and Evolution of Small Populations |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney Macquarie University |
| Doctoral advisor | J. Stuart F. Barker |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Agriculture Canada, Lacombe, Alberta University of Chicago Macquarie University |
| Main interests | Conservation genetics Evolutionary genetics Quantitative genetics Conservation biology Animal breeding |
| Notable works | Introduction to Conservation Genetics, A Primer of Conservation Genetics, Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations, A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations |
Richard (Dick) Frankham (born April 4, 1942) is an Australian biologist, author, and academic. He is an Emeritus Professor in Biology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Frankham's research interests are primarily in the evolutionary genetics of small populations, spanning the fields of quantitative genetics, animal breeding, conservation genetics, and conservation biology. He is the senior author of five textbooks, including Introduction to Conservation Genetics in 2002.[2] A Primer of Conservation Genetics in 2004,[3] Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations in 2017,[4] and A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations in 2019.[5] There have been five translations of their textbooks into Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, and Korean.
He is the recipient of the M.J.D. White Medal of the Genetics Society of Australasia for his career contributions,[6] a Ulysses S. Seal Award for Innovation in Conservation from CPSG[7] and a Whitley Special Commendation for his books on conservation[8]
- ^ "Dick Frankham — Macquarie University".
- ^ "Introduction to conservation genetics".
- ^ Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Briscoe, David A. (May 29, 2004). "A Primer of Conservation Genetics". Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations".
- ^ "A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations".
- ^ "Past GSA award winners – Genetics Society of AustralAsia".
- ^ "Ulysses to Frankham: Celebrating award winning science".
- ^ "Honouring Professor Richard Frankham: Winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate". The Australian Museum.