Chris Wacker

Qualifications:
2017 – PhD (Zoology), University of New England

2009 – Honours (Zoology), University of New England

2007 - Bachelor of Science (Zoology and Physiology majors), University of New England

Awards:
2017 - Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal

Primary Research Area/s:
Thermal biology; Arid-zone ecology; Energetics; Developmental Biology
Research Interests
Thermal biology of arid-zone mammals in relation to climate change
Developmental thermal biology of native Australian rodents

Publications:

Aharon‐Rotman Y, Körtner G, Wacker C, Geiser F (2020) Do small precocial birds enter torpor to conserve energy during development? Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: 10.1242/jeb.231761

Geiser F, Stawski C, Wacker CB, Nowack J (2017) Phoenix from the ashes: fire, torpor, and the evolution of mammalian endothermy. Frontiers in Physiology, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00842

Wacker CB, McAllan BM, Körtner G, Geiser F (2017) The role of basking in the development of endothermy and torpor in a marsupial. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 187:1029-1038, doi:10.1007/s00360-017-1060-2

Wacker CB, McAllan BM, Körtner G, Geiser F (2016) The functional requirements of mammalian hair: a compromise between crypsis and thermoregulation? The Science of Nature, 103:53, doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1376-x

Wacker CB, Rojas AD, Geiser F (2012) The use of small subcutaneous transponders for quantifying thermal biology and torpor in small mammals. Journal of Thermal Biology, 37:250-254, doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.11.007

Memberships:
Centre for Behavioural & Physiological Ecology
Australian Mammal Society
Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
American Society of Mammalogists