Experience

Professor David Miller received his PhD from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1980. He was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Bristol University between 1980 and 1982 and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Adelaide between 1982 and 1984. He joined James Cook University as a Reader in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1996.

Research/Projects

• Using flies to understand the function of coral gene
• Coral spawning
• Dinoflagellate genetics
• Evolutionary genetics
• Microarrays of coral genes
• Evo – Devo: the evolution of developmental mechanisms

Awards and Honours

• 1991/9293 Visiting Fellow, University of Göttingen
• 1995, 97 Visiting Fellow, Academia Sinica
• 1999-2004 Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
• 2001 Visiting Fellow, University of California, Davis
• 1995 – present Editorial board member: Development, Genes and Evolution

Grants

• Australian Research Council - Centres of Excellence, "ARC Centre of Excellence - Innovative science for sustainable management of coral reef biodiversity", $19million over 11 years
• Australian Research Council - Discovery - Projects, "The transcriptome, genome and metagenome of Acropora millepora: a model system for studying coral health and disease", $400,000 over 3 years
• Australian Academy of Science - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science invitation fellowship (short term), "Molecular genetics and genomics of corals and other "lower" animals", $1,639

Key Publications

JCU eResearch Publication List.

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