Robert Verne Miller

Professor of Microbiology

and Molecular Genetics

General Research Interests:

Genetics

Viruses of Microorganisms

Environmental & Biological Stress

Microbial Molecular Biology

Evolution of Deep-Subsurface Bacteria

Current Research  (Click on Picture to Get the Details)

Natural Transduction: Gene Transfer in Aquiatic Environments
Response of Antartica Bacteria to Stratispheric Ozone Depletion

Evolution of Deep-Subsurface Bacteria

Development of a Real-Time Biosensor for Environmental Stress

Personal Information:

Born:Modesto, CA. December 27, 1945.

Education:

B.A. University of California at Davis, CA, 1967, Major: Microbiology, Minor: Art

 M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1969, Major: Microbiology, Minor: Biochemistry

 Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1972, with Dr. Paul Sypherd, Major: Microbiology, Minor: Biochemistry

Special Training and Previous Positions:

University of California at Berkeley, Dernham Postdoctoral Fellow in Oncology, 1972-1974.

 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN, 1974-1978; Associate Professor of Microbiology, 1978-1980

 Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, IL, 1980-1985; Professor of Biochemistry, 1985-1990.

 Visiting Professor of Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, 1988

 Professor and Head ofMicrobiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1990-1999.

Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, 1999-present
 
 

Recent Publications:

Miller, Robert V.  1998.  Bacterial gene swapping in nature. Scientific American 278(#1;Jan.):66-71.

Miller, Robert V., and Steven Ripp.  1998.  The importance of pseudolysogeny to transduction in situ., pp.  179-191. In M.  Syvanen and C.  Kado (ed.), Horizontal Gene Transfer, Chapman and Hall, London.

Miller, Robert V.  1998.  Methods for enumeration and characterization of bacteriophages from environmental samples, pp.  218-235. In  R. Burlage, R.  Atlas, D.  Stahl, G.  Geesey, and G.  Sayler (eds.),  Techniques in Microbial Ecology.  Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

van Waasbergen, Lorraine G., Saranga P.  Kidambi, and Robert V.  Miller.  1998.  Construction of a recA mutant of Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia.  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 49:59-65.

Elasri, Mohamed O., and Robert V.  Miller.  1998.  A Pseudomonas aeruginosa biosensor responds to exposure to ultraviolet radiation.  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology , 50:455 458.

Ripp, Steven, and Robert V.  Miller.  1998.  Dynamics of the pseudolysogenic response in slowly growing cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  Microbiology 144:2225-2232.

Lyons, M.  M., P.  Aas, J.  D.  Pakulski, L.  van Waasbergen, R.  V.  Miller, D.  L.  Mitchell, and W.  H.  Jeffrey.  1998.  DNA damage induced by ultraviolet radiation in coral-reef microbial communities.  Marine Biology 130:537-543.
 

Personal Interests:

Music:

• Stillwater Community Band

  North Denver Street Chamber Music Society

Boy Scouts of America:

• Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 18, Stillwater, Oklahoma

  Assistant District Commissioner, Cimarron River District, Will Rogers Council

  Training Chair, Pawnee Bill District

  Cub Scout Wood Badge, SR-CS-10.  I use to be a Bobwhite!
  Boy Scout Wood Badge, SR-308. I use to be a Beaver!