Kris Rogers

The main focus of my research has been in integrative physiology, i.e. the physiological basis of whole-organism function and behaviour.

For the last three years, I have been a member of the Integrative Physiology Research Group within the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia (http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/research/Integ_Phys/). During that time, I have studied acclimation i.e. compensation of physiological functions for the effects of temperature, in Limnodynastes peronii, the striped marsh frog. This research has included studies of the impact of acclimation on key tadpole metabolic enzymes and elucidating the relationships between enzyme acclimation, body size and shape and tadpole burst swimming-speed. More recently, I have studied acclimation processes in leg and calling muscles of male L. peronii adults.

Prior to joining the Integrative Physiology Research Group at the University of Sydney , I studied water flux in the Australian freshwater turtles Chelodina expansa, Elseya latisternum and Emdura macquarii signata in The University of Queensland’s School of Integrative Biology .