Associate Professor
Francesca Frentiu
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
Keywords
arbovirus, dengue virus, chikungunya, Zika virus, climate change, evolution, mosquito
Research field
Medical microbiology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Evolutionary Genetics (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
For more information regarding Dr Francesca Frentiu's research profile please open this link to the Infection and Immunity Research Page: https://research.qut.edu.au/infectionandimmunity/
Teaching
Unit Coordinator
- LQB362 Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
- LQB494 Pathogen Biology and Pathogenesis
Coordinator
- Peer Leader Program (Infection and Immunity Major)
Awarded Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2020
Publications
Filter publications:
A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/francesca.frentiu
Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Editorial Advisor for the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's journal Transactions (3 year appointment)
- Type
- Reviewer, Assessor or Judge
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). Assessor for the 2020 NHMRC Investigator Grant round
- Type
- Reviewer, Assessor or Judge
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Global Assessor for grant schemes offered by the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Associate Editor role for BMC Infectious Diseases
Selected research projects
- Title
- Forecasting the Impact of Climate Change on Dengue Transmission
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1138622
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Dengue Fever; Climate Change; Climate Variability; Modelling; Predictive
- Title
- New vectors, new diseases: Understanding the risk of chikungunya transmission in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1125317
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Medical Entomology; Mosquito Transmission; Arbovirus Diseases; Climate Change; Mathematical Modelling
- Title
- Evolutionary response of dengue and chikungunya viruses to a novel biocontrol method
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1020817
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- dengue virus; genetic diversity; evolution; public health
- Title
- Natural variation and genetic basis of dengue virus transmission rate in Australian mosquitoes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1020607
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- dengue virus; genetic diversity; public health
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Climate Change & Dengue Transmission In Bangladesh: A Future Projection
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Wenbiao Hu - Identifying and evaluating novel agents to block malaria transmission
PhD, Associate Supervisor - Novel molecular functions of the flavivirus NS1 protein
PhD, Associate Supervisor - Spatio-temporal population genomics of Aedes notoscriptus: a proxy for exotic mosquito invasion risks
MPhil, Associate Supervisor - Weather variability, climate change and the risk of Japanese Encephalitis Virus transmission: A One Health Approach
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Wenbiao Hu, Distinguished Emeritus Professor Kerrie Mengersen
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Developing New Research Tools to Improve Our Understanding of Plasmodium knowlesi Biology (2025)
- Evolutionary Processes and Emergence of Novel Dengue Virus Lineages (2024)
- Xeno-Monitoring Australian Arboviruses: Exploring Eco-Epidemiological Dynamics (2024)
- Chikungunya Virus Transmission Dynamics and Immune Responses in Mosquitoes (2020)
- Eco-Epidemiology of Dengue and Ross River Viruses Across Rural and Urban Environments (2020)
- Diversity of Arthropod-Borne Viruses and Implications for Wolbachia-Based Biocontrol (2019)
- The Vector Potential of the Mosquito Aedes koreicus (2018)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.