Richard Frankham
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.
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. ''A Primer of Conservation Genetics'' in 2004, ''Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2017, and ''A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2019. 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, a Ulysses S. Seal Award for Innovation in Conservation from CPSG and a Whitley Special Commendation for his books on conservation
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