Biography
Dr. Grace MIller grew up in the Philippines. She studied Botany and Art at Duke and worked for Young Life Wilderness Ranch in Colorado for six summers. She recieved a M.S. in Agronomy from UC Davis and a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Purdue. She was a Park Ranger at Cape Lookout and spent a semester at the Duke Marine Lab. Dr. Miller worked for a biotech company in California. She was a postdoc at the Smithsonian and at Gordon College for 11 years. She worked as the Seed Bank director for ECHO farm in Florida, and taught in Morocco for 2 years. She is married with 2 kids. She has directed international courses in biology for 14 years.
Educational Background:
- B.A., 1980, Duke University
- M.S., 1984, University of California, Davis
- Ph.D., 1990, Purdue University
Interests
- Sustainable agricultural development
- Research in Moringa as antibacterial medicinal plant
- Research in Cd tolerance of corn
- Cloning GDH genes in corn
- Currently looking at Artemesia plant as a possible natural herbicide