2011-12 Faculty Senate Members > CABNR
Patricia Ellison
Term Expires: May 2014
Phone: (775) 784-4561
Website: website
Email:ellison@unr.edu
Brief Bio: Patricia Ellison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Glenn Miller
Term Expires:
May 2013
Phone: (775) 784-4108
Website: website
Email: gcmiller@unr.edu
Brief Bio: Glenn C. Miller is a Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. He 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 also is working on precious metals pit water quality, closure of precious metals heaps and acid mine remediation using anaerobic sulfate reducing systems. 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.