Dr David Mills

Senior Scientist/Senior Research Fellow

WorldFish and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University

David has a degree in Marine, Freshwater and Antarctic Biology (1988 – 1992) and a PhD in fisheries ecology (2001-2005) from the University of Tasmania. Starting his research career as crustacean ecologist at the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, in 2006 David took a leap into the world of fisheries and development. Based at WorldFish Center headquarters in Penang, Malaysia from 2006 until early 2011, he worked on diverse projects relating to fisheries information systems, governance, fisheries and food security, and aquaculture development. He worked on projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana and Solomon Islands. Currently based at James Cook University, in Australia, David is now Research Lead for the WorldFish program in Timor-Leste and he leads the Research Cluster on Fish in Regional Food Systems.