Education:

            1987-1993       Washington University

                                    St. Louis, MO

                                    Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

            1983-1987       Mississippi State University

                                    Starkville, MS

                                    B.S., Chemistry

Professional Experience:

2016–present Professor

Department of Chemistry

Salisbury University 

            2007- 2016   Associate Professor

                                    Department of Chemistry

                                    Salisbury University

            2003-2007       Assistant Professor

                                    Department of Chemistry

                                    Salisbury University

            1996-2003       Assistant Professor

                                    Department of Chemistry

                                    Susquehanna University

            1993-1996       Wake Forest University School of Medicine

                                    Winston-Salem, NC

                                    Postdoctoral Fellowship

Selected Bibliography: (Underlined names indicate undergraduate research students.)

Invited Lectures and Presentations:

1. Miller, Katherine R and Gail Welsh. 2019. Reflection Exercises for Learning and Assessment. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Transforming Education in the Molecular Sciences, San Antonio, Texas. July 25-28, 2019. (Poster and invited presentation.)

2. Miller, K. R. (Panelist), SU Teaching and Learning Conference, Salisbury University, Salisbury University.

3. Miller, K. R. 2014. Classroom Flipping. Salisbury University Faculty Development Day.

4. Miller, K. R. and Melissa Thomas. 2014. Flipping the Classroom Workshop

Part 1: Miller, K. R. Flipped Classes/Flipped Learning: The Modernization of an Old Pedagogy. October 10, 2014

Part 2: Miller, K. R. and Melissa Thomas. Planning for the Flipped Classroom. October 31, 2014

Part 3: Miller, K. R. and Melissa Thomas. Developing your Flipped Classroom: Exploring the Tools. November 14, 2014

Published Articles:

1. Bianco, Colleen M., Jennifer J. Stewart, Katherine R. Miller, Catherine Fitzgerald, Kathryn J. Coyne. 2016. Light intensity impacts the production of biofuel intermediates in Heterosigma akashiwo growing on simulated flue gas containing CO₂ and NO. Bioresource Technology 219: 246-251.

2. Stewart, Jennifer J., Colleen M Bianco, Katherine R Miller, Kathryn J Coyne. 2015. The marine microalga, Heterosigma akashiwo, converts industrial waste gasses into valuable biomass. Frontiers in Energy Research, section Bioenergy and Biofuels, March 16, 2015, doi: 10.3389

3. Miller, K. R. and C. L. Parker. 2010. The Integration of Science Literacy into a Biochemical Curriculum. Enzymatic.  4:  3-6.

4. Miller, K. R., and D. E. Ressler.  2004.  Analysis of Soil Phospholipid Profiles as   Indicators of Microbial Community Diversity.  J.  Penn.  Acad.  Sci.  78:  64-70.

Presentations and Published Abstracts:

1. Welsh, Gail and Katherine R. Miller. 2018. Time Capsules and Portfolios as Tools for Learning and Assessment. 8^th Annual Salisbury University Teaching and Learning Conference. February 16, 2018.

2. Miller, Katherine and Alison Dewald. 2017. Focused figures, discussion and poster session to teach effective communication in a biochemistry lab course. Lilly Conference: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning, Bethesda, MD. June 1-4, 2017

3. Miller, Katherine R., Melissa D. Thomas. 2016. The Promise and Challenges of Classroom Flipping with Canvas. MAGIC: 2^nd annual conference. (Mid-Atlantic Group Instructing With Canvas.) University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA. April 30, 2016.

4. Miller, Katherine R., Kathy Dunning. 2016. Influence on napa Genetic Diversity in Freshwater Microbial Populations. American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. Washington, D. C, February 11-15, 2016.

Presentations by Undergraduate Research Associates:

1. Bussard, Justin, and Katherine R. Miller. 2019. PCR Analysis and Clone of Nap Operons Present in a Wicomico County Watershed. UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences. October 19, 2019. (Poster)

2. Vaaltyn, Melissa, and Katherine Miller. 2018. Sequence Analysis of napA Diversity in the Beaver Dam Creek Watershed. National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2018. University of Central Oklahoma. April 4-7, 2018.

3. Vaaltyn, Melissa, and Katherine Miller. 2017. Library Generation and Sequence Analysis of napA Gene Variants from a Wetland in Winter. Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences. UMBC, Baltimore, MD. October 14, 2017.

4. Vaaltyn, Melissa, and Katherine Miller. 2017. Generating a Library of napA Gene Variants from Winter Wetland Microbial Communities. Salisbury University Summer Research Celebration. Aug. 9, 2017.

5. Petersen, C. and K. R. Miller. 2017. Sequence Analysis of napA Gene Diversity in Three Denitrifying Communities from a Local Watershed. Salisbury University Student Research Conference. April 28, 2017.

6. Tower, J., D. Flickinger, T. Cawthern, K. R. Miller. 2015. Variation in Microbial Soil Communities Relative to Depth From Rockawalkin Mill Pond, Wicomico County, MD. Salisbury University Student Research Conference.

7. Travis, B. and K. R. Miller. 2015. Narg Diversity in Soil Profiles From the Beaver Dam Creek Watershed. Salisbury University Student Research Conference

8. Parsons, D. and K. R. Miller. 2015. RNA Analysis of Soil Profiles From Eastern Shore Watersheds. Salisbury University Student Research Conference

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updated: January 24, 2020