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Head of Education & Academic Development and Dean of the MASTS Graduate School

Research Interest: Marine Environmental Chemistry

I trained as an analytical chemist, working in marine and estuarine environments. My postdoctoral work investigated the dynamics of organic matter in marine systems. Most recently I have been working with Dr. Keith Davidson (Microbial and Molecular Biology Department) on projects related to the influences of organic nutrients on microbial community dynamics in partially enclosed environments. I have also been involved in projects looking at both the environmental influences on salmonid survival and the wider socio-economic factors affecting the Scottish salmon industry.

As Head of Education I oversee the growing undergraduate and postgraduate education portfolio as well as the development of specialist training courses and CPD modules at SAMS UHI.

I am currently also Dean of the MASTS Graduate School.

 

Career / education

 

Publications

Selected publications
  • Davidson, K., Gilpin, L.C., Hart, M., Fouilland, E., Mitchell, E., Álvarez Calleja, I., Laurant, C., Miller, A.E.J. and Leakey, R.J. 2007.  The influence of the balance of inorganic and organic nitrogen on microbial food web trophic dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(5): 2147-2163.
  • Loh, P.S., Reeves, A.D., Harvey, S.M., Overnell, J., and Miller, A.E.J., 2008. The fate of terrestrial organic matter in two Scottish sea lochs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76(3): 537-550. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.023
  • Pete, R., Davidson, K., Hart, M.C, Gutierrez, T. and Miller, A.E.J. The role of N or Si limitation on diatom DOM production and subsequent microbial community dynamics. (Effect of dissolved organic matter produced by nutrient limited phytoplankton on bacterioplankton). Aquatic Microbial Ecology (under review)
  • Loh, P.S., Miller, A.E.J., Reeves, A.D., Harvey, S.M., and Overnell, J., 2008. Assessing the biodegradability of terrestrially-derived organic matter in Scottish sea loch sediments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12: 811-823.
  • Loh, P.S., Miller, A.E.J., Reeves, A.D., Harvey, S.M., and Overnell, J. Quantification of lignin-derived phenols using the CuO oxidation method. RSC Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Accepted 2008).

 

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External

External activities / measures of esteem

Related activities: Research

  • Member of the Editorial Board for Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (1998-2007)
  • Research School Convenor, Natural Systems Science (1999-2003)
  • Elected member of ECSA Council (2000- (Membership Treasure 2003-2006)
  • Elected member of Challenger Society for Marine Science Council (2006- 2009)
  • Chair of the UHI Research Degrees Committee (2003-2009)
  • Member on the UHI Research Committee (1999-2009)

 

Related activities: Education

  • Elected Staff Member of the UHI Academic Council  (1998-)
  • QAA (SHEFC) Enhancement Themes: Assessment Consultative Group (2003-2004)
  • Elected Staff Member of the UHI Board of Governors (2002-2006)
  • Deputy-Chair of the UHI Academic Planning Committee (2003-)
  • QAA (SHEFC) Enhancement Themes: Research-Teaching Linkages: Enhancing Graduate Attributes, Steering Committee (2006-2008)
  • UHI Internal Validation Panel: BSc Sustainable Development & Environmental Management (1999); BA Adventure Tourism Management (2008)
  • External Advisor: University of Plymouth [BSc (Hons) Coastal Environmental Science, 2001]; Robert Gordon University [BSc (Hons) Bioscience with Biomedical Sciences, 2008]
  • OUVS External Validation Panels: BA Business Administration (1999); BA (Hons) Theology (2001); BA (Hons) Environment & Heritage (2004)

Teaching

Teaching / supervising activities

Current research students

 

Past research students (alumni)

  • Christian Lønborg 'The importance of dissolved organic matter in two contrasting marine waters.' UHI Millennium Institute (PhD 2006-2009)
  • Sarah Bayley 'Towards a brighter future for Scottish salmon – new ideas in socio-economic and political dimensions.' UHI Millennium Institute (2005-)
  • Romain Pete 'The influence of organic nutrient perturbation on marine microbial community dynamics' UHI Millennium Institute (PhD 2004-2008)
  • Emma Suddick 'Impacts of CDOM photochemistry on freshwater nitrogen biogeochemistry' UHI Millennium Institute (PhD 2002-2007)
  • Alex MacDonald 'Influences on salmonid survival in a Scottish West Highland river.' UHI Millennium Institute (MPhil, 2001-2007).
  • Pei Sun Loh 'The role terrigenous organic carbon in Scottish sea loch sediment diagenesis' UHI Millennium Institute (PhD 2000-2005)
  • Vera Jones 'Characterisation of dissolved organic nitrogen in aquatic environments.' UHI Millennium Institute (PhD 1999-2002)
  • Oseas Costa Jr 'Nutrification and its effects on coral reefs from Southern Bahia, Brazil.' University of Plymouth (PhD 1998-2001)
  • Georgina Spyres 'The biogeochemical cycling of dissolved organic carbon in the Iberian Margin upwelling system, NE Atlantic Ocean'. University of Plymouth (1997-2002)

 

BSc (Hons) Marine Science teaching

Since arriving at SAMS I have been a member of the core teaching team who created the BSc (Hons) Marine Science. In so doing, I was the first module leader for a number of courses: Principles of Chemistry (year 1), Chemical Oceanography (year 2), Marine and Estuarine Systems (year 2), Marine Pollution (year 3) and Defining the Marine Carbon Cycle (year 4).  I have also contributed to the delivery of other modules: Introducing Marine Science (year 1), Marine Science Field Course (year 2), Marine Resources (year 2), Marine Biogeochemical Cycling (year 3) and Case Study (year 4).

Roles I currently fulfill on this programme:

  • Module leader: Defining the Marine Carbon Cycle (year 4)
 
My contact details

Professor Axel Miller SAMS

Professor Axel E J Miller

E: axel.miller@sams.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1631 559 263

F: +44 (0)1631 559 001

Scottish Marine Institute

Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

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