Glenn C. Miller

Board Member at The Great Basin Institute

lenn C. Miller has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry (1977) from the University of California at Davis. Following graduate studies, he spent a year of postdoctoral study at the EPA’s Environmental Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia. He has been on the UNR faculty since 1978 and was Director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences and Health from 1996-2006 and Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering from 1999-2003. Current areas of research include the development of techniques to determine gas phase sunlight photolysis rates of medium weight organics, particularly pesticides, and the environmental chemistry of soil surfaces. He teaches courses in environmental science/chemistry, environmental toxicology and risk assessment of environmental contaminants. He serves on a variety of national and regional environmental NGO Boards, and has been active in the Nevada Faculty Alliance for several years. He was Chairman of the UNR NFA in 2006-2008 and presently serves as the Northern Nevada Political Action Chair for the NFA. Glenn is a founding board member, guest lectured for numerous GBI field studies, and continues to provide essential organizational leadership and direction.

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