David Miller

Biography

David Miller Professor Education B.Sc.  1975  University of New Brunswick, Biology  (Chemistry)  M.Sc.  1978  University of New Brunswick, Biology (completed 08, 1977) M.Sc.  1978  University of Portsmouth, Biodeterioration of Materials Ph.D.  1981  University of New Brunswick, Biology (O'Brien Foundation Fellowship) NATO Science Fellow  1981-82  University of Portsmouth Employment Agriculture Canada 1982-1998 Senior Research Scientist (SE-RES-03) 1990; (SE-RES-04) 1991 Fusarium mycotoxin program study area leader 1988-1997 Visiting Professor, Carleton University, 1997-2000 Professor & NSERC IRC 2001- Visiting Scientist, Health Canada, 1999- Awards AgExellence award 1993 Ministry of Agriculture of China S&T award 1995  Scott Award, Toxicology Forum (Washington) 1998 Ottawa Life Sciences Council Applied Research Award 2002  AIHA Awards for contributions to industrial Hygiene 2005, 2008, 2010 2013......Elected Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association. 2016......Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. "Synergy" Award Selected Committees   Board of Directors, Toxicology Forum, (Washington, 1991-2016), Toxicology Study Review Committee, US FDA (92-99), American Industrial Hygiene Association Biosafety Committee (95-present), NSERC Collaborative Health Research Committee (1999-2003), CDC Panel on pulmonary hemosiderosis (2000), WHO committee on Biological Contaminants (2000-2003), IARC Monograph 86 (2001-02), CDC Expert Panel on interventions in homes to improve health (2007-2010), Associate Editor, Mycopathologia (2002-2011), Editorial Board, Environmental Health Perspectives (2004-2009); NSERC CREATE committee (2011-), AAAAI Practice Guideline panel for environmental health (2008-2016); IARC panel on mycotoxins in developing countries (2009-2016), 83rd Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (2016)  

Research Interest

The motivating scientific interest of my research is the role of fungal metabolites in determining population structure. I became interested in this during my postdoctoral work where I observed that distributions of marine fungi on wood seemed to be partially determined by the production by some species of anti-fungal metabolites.  Few academic research programs in North America work in the area of natural products from fungi and the program produces highly qualified personnel that will be able to seek careers in the pharmaceutical and environmental industries. This effort reflects also the Canadian Government priority to engage more scientists outside medical schools in the problems of medical research.