About Reaiche Press

Before entering academia, Carmen held a range of senior management and consulting roles where she designed and implemented project management systems, organisational strategies, and business improvement initiatives for organisations including General Electric, Mobil, Centrelink, and Business SA. This practical industry experience continues to shape her teaching, research, and publications, ensuring they bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world application. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, an MBA from the University of Adelaide, and a PhD from the University of South Australia, specialising in project management and organisational self-organisation.

Throughout her academic career, Carmen has held leadership positions at the University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide, and James Cook University, where she has led major teaching and learning initiatives, curriculum innovation, international partnerships, and quality assurance activities, including contributions to AACSB accreditation. She has taught and supervised students and researchers from across Australia, Asia, and Latin America, building strong international collaborations with universities, industry partners, and government organisations. Her research spans digital transformation, project management, innovation, artificial intelligence governance, leadership, sustainability, and organisational capability, with a strong emphasis on generating practical outcomes that benefit education, business, and society.

Beyond academia, Carmen is deeply committed to community engagement and international development. She has contributed to numerous multicultural, educational, and humanitarian initiatives, including serving as an advisor to UNESCO’s Lebanese Training Professionals Program, supporting women’s professional development across the Arab region, and participating in projects that promote education, financial capability, and community empowerment. She was also one of the founders of the South Australian Spanish Federation, helping secure government funding for significant community infrastructure projects, and continues to support a range of charitable and professional organisations dedicated to social impact.

In March 2014, Dr Reaiche-Miller was appointed Manager of the Adelaide Biobank, a purpose-built biorepository that provides secure, long-term storage of biological and environmental research materials. Now as Senior Manager, she oversees facility operations, infrastructure planning, biospecimen management, governance, compliance and research support activities, with a focus on the security, integrity and traceability of stored collections.

A major component of her role involves identifying and mitigating risks associated with storing irreplaceable research materials. Working closely with the Colleges, Risk, Insurance, Estates and Facilities, and other university stakeholders, she has contributed to strengthening risk management frameworks, emergency response arrangements and business continuity plans for cold-storage infrastructure. Her experience includes developing strategies for controlled environment device failures, alarm and monitoring systems, and contingency plans to protect valuable research collections.

Dr Reaiche-Miller played a key role in the development and implementation of university-wide policies and procedures for controlled environment devices and cold-storage facilities. Working with research and operational stakeholders, she was instrumental in developing the Adelaide University Controlled Environment Devices and Storage Policy and associated procedures, establishing a consistent framework for managing risks associated with ultra-cold freezers, cryogenic facilities and other controlled environment devices. She also played a key role in the planning, design and development of three of the four Adelaide Biobank facilities, providing specialist expertise in infrastructure, operational workflows, storage capacity, biospecimen management and risk mitigation to ensure facilities are fit for purpose, efficient and responsive to long-term research needs.

Dr Reaiche-Miller is the current Chair of the South Australian Biobanking Technical Reference Group, an active member of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) and has served as Vice President and President of the Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA). Through these roles, she has contributed to the advancement of biobanking through professional leadership, collaboration and the promotion of best practice in biobanking standards, governance and infrastructure.