Dr Graham Mair

Contact Details

Key Responsibilities

• Senior Lecturer in Aquaculture
• Member of the marine/aquaculture cluster within the School

Teaching

• Aquaculture Growth, Fish Genetics and Reproduction

Short Profile

Graham has a first degree in Marine Biology and a Ph.D. in fish genetics, both from U.K. Universities.  He has eighteen years of post-doctoral experience in applied research in aquaculture with a focus on genetic management in finfish and the role of aquaculture in development.  He has a strong track record of research management and collaboration with a wide range of national and international research and industry partners.  He has over 100 scientific publications including more than 30 in primary peer reviewed literature, and 14 major project reports. He has an established reputation in the field of aquaculture genetics having attended over 50 international scientific meetings giving more than 20 invited presentations.  Following his move to Australian academia in 2004 he has expanded his profile in seafood science and aquaculture education and is actively engaged with the seafood industry.  Graham has wide experience of work within professional associations (as President of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society and past Board member of the International Association for Genetics in Aquaculture) and in dissemination/commercialisation of aquaculture research.  In mid 2007 he took on the major role of Research Program Leader (Value Chain Efficiency) in the Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (Seafood CRC).

Research

As a relatively new arrival in Southern Australia (July 04), with an extensive background and experience in Asian Aquaculture, Graham is developing a new research profile in Australian Aquaculture.  As Program Leader of the largest research program (Value Chain Profitability) of the newly formed Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (Seafood CRC – www.seafoodcrc.com) he has developed an extensive network of contacts in the aquaculture and wild catch industries and within the seafood research community.  Whilst playing a research management role with the Seafood CRC Graham is also committed to maintaining his own research interests which lie in the following areas:
 

Major areas of research:

• Domestication and genetic improvement of cultured Finfish

• Polychaete worm aquaculture

• The role of aquaculture in international development and sustainable livelihoods

Minor areas of research:

• Clown fish as a model species for understanding reproduction and reproductive physiology in hermaphroditic fish species

• Sex control in cultured freshwater crayfish

• Conditioning systems for oysters

• Conservation genetics of threatened Australian freshwater fish

The main focal areas of my research are in applied aquaculture genetics and breeding.  Techniques used in my research include induced breeding, growth performance evaluations, chromosome set manipulations, sex control methodologies, cryopreservation, fish hatchery management, and survey based field work in relation to livelihoods of the primarily rural poor (in developing countries) and related disciplines.

Current Students

• Bravington, William
• Rajan, Tarun

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