James Gegan Miller

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Jim Miller
Born1942
St. Louis, Missouri
Alma mater Saint Louis University
Washington University in St. Louis
Awards National Institutes of Health MERIT Award
Rayleigh Award, IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society
Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Silver medal, Acoustical Society of America
Scientific career
Fields Biophysics
Echocardiography
Ultrasonics
Institutions Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisor Daniel Isadore Bolef
Notable students William E. Moerner

James (Jim) Gegan Miller is an American physicist, engineer, and inventor whose primary interests center around biomedical physics. He is currently a professor of physics, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, emeritus, at Washington University in St. Louis, where he holds the Albert Gordon Hill Endowed Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. [1] He is notable for his interdisciplinary contributions to biomedical physics, echocardiography, and ultrasonics. [2]

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Biography

Miller grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his bachelor's degree in physics, summa cum laude, from Saint Louis University in 1964. He went on to receive master's and doctoral degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in 1966 and 1969, respectively. [3] His doctoral advisor was Daniel Isadore Bolef. [4]

Thereafter he was hired as assistant professor of physics and earned tenure 2 years later, in 1970. [3] He is now Albert Gordon Hill Chair of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Laboratory of Ultrasonics. [5]

Teaching

For about four decades, Miller taught a course titled "Physics of the Heart" at Washington University. He won the college's Faculty Teaching Award in 1989 and the Emerson Teaching Award in 2004. Over the course of his career, he mentored 35 graduate students and numerous undergraduates, including Nobel Laureate in Chemistry William E. Moerner. [6]

Research

Miller has published more than 165 refereed journal articles and 110 conference proceedings and book chapters. [7] His work has contributed greatly to ultrasonics, myocardial tissue characterization and has been incorporated into echocardiography devices in use throughout the world. [3]

Awards

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doppler echocardiography</span> Medical imaging technique of the heart

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  2. ↑ "Miller receives 2016 Rayleigh Award at International Ultrasonics Symposium | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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  5. ↑ "James G. Miller". pages.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. ↑ Miller, James G. "Publications List". Washington University in St. Louis.
  8. ↑ "Sandia National Laboratories: Research: R&D 100 Awards". www.sandia.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. ↑ "IEEE Fellows Archives". IEEE UFFC. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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  12. ↑ "Emerson Award". The Teaching Center. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. ↑ "Achievement Award Archives". IEEE UFFC. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Awards". www.aium.org. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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