Hugh Graham Miller

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Professor Hugh Graham Miller, OBE, FRSE, FICFor, (born 22 November 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Forestry and former Head of the Department of Forestry at the University of Aberdeen.[1][2] In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.[3]

Education

Hugh Miller was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire, Scotland, and at the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1963 with a degree in forestry.[2]

Career

Upon graduation Miller joined the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research in Aberdeen as a Scientific Officer.[4] In 1970 he was appointed Senior Scientific Officer and Principal Scientific Officer in 1976. He specialised in researching forest bio-geochemistry.[2][4]

In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations for his 'research in nutrient cycling through forest ecosystems, including processes in the growth response of trees and forest soils to fertilizers'.[3]

In 1984 Miller was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry at the University of Aberdeen.[5] He was Head of the Department of Forestry until 2000 and retired in 2004.[4]

Professor Miller was President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (1994-1996); Chairman of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Forestry Education Committee to 1998; Chairman, Forestry Commission (FC) Research Agency Advisory Committee (1994-2003); Chairman, FC Regional Advisory Committee for the North of Scotland (1997-2004); Journal Editor: Forestry; Editorial Boards: Tree Physiology; Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. Director, Forest Industries Development Council, IUFRO Working Party on Forestry Education.[6]

In 2012 he was appointed the Chairman of PEFC UK Limited.[5]

Publications

Honours and awards

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters in 1979.[2]

In 1981 he was awarded the Scientific Achievement Award by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.[2]

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1985.[7]

Appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1996.[8][9]

In 2007 he was awarded the Medal of the Institute of Chartered Foresters.[5]

References

  1. "One hundred years of forestry teaching and research at the University of Aberdeen - A brief history". University of Aberdeen. 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "New chair for PEFC UK". Timber Trade Journal. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "IUFRO Forestry Awards". Food and Agriculture Organization. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Professor Hugh Miller". Debretts Limited. 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "PEFC UK Board of Directors". PEFC UK. 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  6. "Forestry, Rural and Environmental Economics Research Group". RAE 2001. 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  7. "RSE Fellows ordered by Academic Discipline". Royal Society of Edinburgh. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  8. "Queen's Birthday Honours". Times Higher Education. 24 June 1996. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
  9. "Supplement to the London Gazette". London Gazette. 15 June 1996. Retrieved 1 March 2013. 
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