Peter Frappell

Peter Frappell graduated in 1985 with honors in zoology from the University of Tasmania and gained his Ph.D. degree in 1990 from the Flinders University of South Australia. His research interests are focused in the physiological processes and mechanisms that underlie respiratory, thermoregulatory, and energetic adaptation to the environment in a range of animals, from crustaceans to mammals. He was a Medical Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada prior to commencing as a Lecturer in 1992 in zoology at La Trobe University. Frappell served as the Head of the Department from 1999 to 2006 and was promoted to the Reader and an Associate Professor in 2001. From 2007, he served as the Director of Research Development in the Faculty of Law and Management at La Trobe University, and in October 2008 he will commence as a Dean of the Graduate Studies and a Professor in zoology at the University of Tasmania. In addition, he holds an Honorary Chair at the University of Birmingham, UK, and is a Profesor Visitante de la Universidad, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Professor Frappell, who is regularly invited as a speaker at the international meetings, has presented a number of keynote addresses and organized several symposia and meetings. Currently, he serves as a Board Member at the International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2002 – present), works as the Section Head of Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology for the Commission on Comparative Physiology, International Union of Physiological Sciences (2005 – present), is an Editorial Board Member of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (1999 – present), and is an Editor of the Australian Journal of Zoology (2007 – present).

Biography Updated on 13 October 2008

Personal Home Page

http://www.zoo.latrobe.edu.au/Staff/pbf/Frapps.htm

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Oxygen transport at high altitude—An integrated perspective
    Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, vol. 158, no. 2-3, pp. 115–120, 2007
  2. Improving the Precision and Accuracy for Estimating Energy Expenditure Using the Heart Rate Method
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 551–555, 2007
  3. Marsupial uncoupling protein 1 sheds light on the evolution of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis
    Physiological Genomics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 161–169, 2007
  4. Physiological Response to Feeding in Little Penguins
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 1088–1097, 2006
  5. Factors influencing the prediction of metabolic rate in a reptile
    Functional Ecology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 105–113, 2006
  6. Development of the respiratory system in marsupials
    Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, vol. 154, no. 1-2, pp. 252–267, 2006
  7. Development of mechanics and pulmonary reflexes
    Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, vol. 149, no. 1-3, pp. 143–154, 2005
  8. Factorial Aerobic Scope Is Independent of Temperature and Primarily Modulated by Heart Rate in Exercising Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii)
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 347–355, 2005
  9. Digestive state influences the heart rate hysteresis and rates of heat exchange in the varanid lizard Varanus rosenbergi
    Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 208, no. 12, pp. 2269–2276, 2005
  10. Developmentally regulated thyroid hormone distributor proteins in marsupials, a reptile, and fish
    AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, vol. 288, no. 5, pp. R1264–R1272, 2005
  11. Hypothermia and hypoxia inhibit the Hering-Breuer reflex in the marsupial newborn
    AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, vol. 286, no. 5, pp. R857–R864, 2004
  12. Factorial scopes of cardio-metabolic variables remain constant with changes in body temperature in the varanid lizard, Varanus rosenbergi
    AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, vol. 288, no. 4, pp. R992–R997, 2004
  13. Minimal Metabolic Rate, What It Is, Its Usefulness, and Its Relationship to the Evolution of Endothermy: A Brief Synopsis
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 865–868, 2004
  14. Siah2 Regulates Stability of Prolyl-Hydroxylases, Controls HIF1a Abundance, and Modulates Physiological Responses to Hypoxia
    Cell, vol. 117, no. 7, pp. 941–952, 2004
  15. Ventilation and metabolic rate in the platypus: insights into the evolution of the mammalian breathing pattern
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 136, no. 4, pp. 943–955, 2003
  16. Behavioural thermoregulation in Daphnia carinata from different depths of a natural water body: influence of environmental oxygen levels and temperature
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 133, no. 3, pp. 771–780, 2002
  17. The respiratory system in varanid lizards: determinants of O2 transfer
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 133, no. 2, pp. 239–258, 2002
  18. Ventilation and Metabolism in a Large Semifossorial Marsupial:The Effect of Graded Hypoxia and Hypercapnia
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 77–82, 2002
  19. Scaling of Respiratory Variables and the Breathing Pattern in Birds: An Allometric and Phylogenetic Approach
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 75–89, 2001
  20. Convection requirement is established by total metabolic rate in the newborn tammar wallaby
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 221–231, 2001
  21. Ventilatory Responses to Changes in Temperature in Mammals and Other Vertebrates
    Annual Review of Physiology, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 847–874, 2000
  22. Respiratory function in a newborn marsupial with skin gas exchange
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 120, no. 1, pp. 35–45, 2000
  23. Unifying Principles of Locomotion: Foreword
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 73, no. 6, pp. 647–650, 2000
  24. The Influence of Haemoglobin on Behavioural Thermoregulation and Oxygen Consumption in [ITAL]Daphnia carinata[/ITAL]
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 153–160, 2000
  25. Birth weight and altitude: A study in Peruvian communities
    The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 136, no. 3, pp. 324–329, 2000
  26. Heart rate variability in 1-day-old infants born at 4330 m altitude
    Clinical Science, vol. 96, no. 2, p. 147, 1999
  27. Nature, vol. 397, no. 6721, pp. 660–660, 1999
  28. How stiff is the armadillo? A comparison with the allometrics of mammalian respiratory mechanics
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 111–122, 1998
  29. Ventilatory, cardiovascular and metabolic responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in the armadillo
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 101–109, 1998
  30. Experimental Biology 1997 Symposium on Neurobiology of Thermoregulation: Role of Stress: HYPOTHERMIA AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
    Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 159–164, 1998
  31. On the barometric method for measurements of ventilation, and its use in small animals
    Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 76, no. 10-11, pp. 937–934, 1998
  32. Scaling of respiratory variables and the breathing pattern in adult marsupials
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 83–90, 1995
  33. Temperature effects on ventilation and metabolism in the lizard, Ctenophorus nuchalis
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 257–270, 1991
  34. Metabolism during normoxia, hypoxia and recovery in the newborn kitten
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 115–124, 1991
  35. Respiratory mechanics in small newborn mammals
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 25–36, 1989
  36. Changes in metabolic rates and blood respiratory characteristics during pouch development of a marsupial, Macropus eugenii
    Respiration Physiology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 219–228, 1988