Karen Miller
Principal Research Scientist
Natural Resources
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
Australia
Biography
Dr.Karen Miller is a Principal Research Scientist. She did BSc (Hons 1) University of Queensland (1987) (Marine Biology). My scientific career was founded working on coral reefs, and understanding and sustainably managing them remains my passion. She worked extensively on the Great Barrier Reef through her early research years at UQ, JCU and as an ARC post-doc at the University of Wollongong, then diversified into studying temperate coral ecosystems of the New Zealand fiords and deep sea coral ecosystems in Tasmania, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Alongside her focus on corals, she also studied the ecology and early life history of many other benthic marine invertebrates throughout these ecosystems, with a focus in applying molecular tools to understand biodiversity, reproduction and connectivity.
Research Interest
Marine Biology
Publications
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Younger J, Clucas G, Kooyman G, Weinecke B, Rogers A, Trathan P, Hart T, Miller K (2015) Too much of a good thing; sea ice extent forced Emperor penguins into refugia during the last glacial maximum. Global Change Biology 21(6):2215-2226
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Younger JL, Emmerson LM, Miller KJ (2016) Palaeoecological changes in Southern Ocean marine predator populations and their environmental drivers. Global Change Biology 22(2):474-493
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Miller KJ, Gunasekera RM (2017) A comparison of genetic connectivity in two deep sea corals to examine whether seamounts are isolated islands or stepping stones for dispersal. Scientific Reports 7: 46103
