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Dr James Munro

Senior Scientist

Email: James.Munro@adelaide.edu.au

Roles and expertise:

  • Aquatic disease
  • Aquaculture and natural fisheries

Overview of experience and qualifications

Dr Munro has a vast amount of expertise in the area of aquatic disease, with professional experience from Asia, Europe and America. Since completing his undergraduate studies in aquaculture at the University of Tasmania, Dr Munro has accumulated a range of research and technical skills, specifically relevant to the study of aquaculture both in developing and developed countries. He has been involved in a diversity of aquaculture projects including; the development of novel disease detection methods, establishing extensive aquaculture systems for sustainable farming, determining the pathogenic mechanisms of disease, researching the interactions between disease outbreaks and farm production, studying the effects of viral mutations and co-infections with respect to virulence and assessing the risks for the importation of farmed animals and their associated diseases on local environments.

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