Dr James Munro
SARDI AQUATIC SCIENCES
Areas of expertise
• Aquatic disease
• Aquaculture and natural fisheries
Countries of work experience
Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, United
States of America, United Kingdom.
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 coinfections with respect to virulence and assessing the
risks for the importation of farmed animals and their
associated diseases on local environments.
Dr Munro was an advisor to the European Community
on crustacean diseases.
Dr Munro has published numerous peer-reviewed
scientific papers, government policies and has
presented his research at both national and
international scientific conferences.
Dr Munro also holds a Graduate Diploma in Education
and has experience in teaching aquaculture and
microbiology and supervising graduate students.
Professional appointments
2010–present: Senior Lecturer Aquaculture
(Academic Level C)/Senior Scientist – Aquatic Animal
Health, adjunct appointment between SARDI Aquatic
Sciences and School of Animal and Veterinary
Sciences, University of Adelaide.
2008-2010: Research Virologist, Centre for
Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
(Cefas).
2007-2008: Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
AquaBounty Technologies.
2006–2007: Aquaculture Development Specialist
WorldFish Center, Mekong Region. Adjunct
appointment between WorldFish Center and
Australian Aid for Development (Australian Youth
Ambassador for Development).
2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Primary
Industries & Fisheries, Queensland.
2002-2005: Postgraduate Doctor of Philosophy
Research Candidate, James Cook University.
Selected recent publications
Munro, J., Callinan, R., Owens, L., Gill associated
virus is related to decreased production of Penaeus
monodon in Australian prawn farms. Journal of Fish
Diseases (In Press).
Munro, J., Boon, V., (2010). Quantitative
Determination of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin
in Commercial Shrimp Feed Using a Competitive
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Journal of
Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58, 1429–1433.
Munro, J., Owens, L., (2007). Production of
polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against gillassociated virus and the development of an ELISA.
Aquaculture 262, 173-182.
Munro, J., Owens, L., (2006). Sensitivity and
specificity of current diagnostic tests for gillassociated virus in Penaeus monodon. Journal of Fish
Diseases 29, 649-655.
Munro, J., Owens, L., (2005). Haemagglutination
as a low cost detection method for gill-associated
virus and by inference, yellowhead virus in Penaeus
monodon Fabricius, 1798. Aquaculture Research 36,
1369-1373.
Munro, J., Oakey, J., Bromage, E., Owens, L.,
(2003). Experimental bacteriophage-mediated
virulence in strains of Vibrio harveyi. Diseases of
Aquatic Organisms 54, 187-194.
Contact
Dr James Munro
Senior Scientist – Aquatic Animal Health (SARDI)
Senior Lecturer – Aquaculture (University of Adelaide)
Corridor Building, Roseworthy Campus
Roseworthy, SA 5371
Tel: +61 8 8313 0081
Fax: +61 8 8303 7956
Email: [email protected]
www.sardi.sa.gov.au