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Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences
Expertise: physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media, anisotropic properties of the heart, diagnostic images of hearts, echocardiographic imagers
Bio: Professor Miller's research focuses on the physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media. These systematic studies of the anisotropic properties of the heart have led to fundamentally new insights. In 1998 the National Institutes of Health grant supporting this research was awarded MERIT status, which is designed to "provide long-term, stable support to investigators whose research competence and productivity are distinctly superior, and who are likely to continue to perform in an outstanding manner." This research has provided the basis for significantly improved diagnostic images of the hearts of patients and has been incorporated into commercially available echocardiographic imagers in widespread use throughout the world. Current investigations include studies of the physics underlying nonlinear ultrasonic propagation and the consequences on generalized dispersion relations of requirements of causality.
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Ph.D. in physics at Washington University in St. Louis
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M.A. in physics at Washington University in St. Louis
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B.A. in physics summa cum laude at Saint Louis University
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Physics graduate student receives prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Award
Oct. 27,
2008 -- Allyson Gibson, a doctoral student in physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Award for the 2008-09 academic year. She was one of 85 recipients selected from more than 640 applicants from the United States and Canada. The $15,000 merit-based award is given to women who are either pursuing a doctoral-level degree or engaged in postgraduate study or research who show potential to make significant contributions to their fields of study.
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Additional Background: James G. Miller, Ph.D., is the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics and director of the Laboratory for Ultrasonics in the Department of Physics in Arts & Sciences. He also holds joint appointments as professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Miller joined the Washington University faculty in 1970 as assistant professor of physics. Since the early 1970s, Miller has led a team of investigators who have focused on using ultrasound to determine the physics of normal and diseased hearts.
Underlying the research of Miller and his collaborators is the hypothesis that disease processes alter the physical properties of the heart and that these alterations can be determined through ultrasonic tissue characterization and quantitative echocardiography.
Miller is the author of more than 160 manuscripts in critically reviewed journals; more than 95 chapters in books, review articles and conference proceedings; and more than 205 abstracts of talks presented at national and international meetings.
Miller was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine in 1986, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America in 1990, a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers in 1998, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering in 2000.
In 2004, the Acoustical Society of America awarded Miller its Silver Medal "for contributions to ultrasonic tissue characterization and quantitative echocardiography." He received the award on Nov. 17, 2004, at the society's 148th meeting, held in San Diego. The society awards its Silver Medal in recognition of outstanding achievements in specific technical areas. Miller's medal honors his contributions to the field of biomedical ultrasound.
Among other honors, Miller was the recipient of two Industrial Research and Development IR-100 awards and served as a Sigma Xi National Lecturer. He also received the 2006 Achievement Award from the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He received the award — the highest society-wide award presented to a member in special recognition of outstanding contributions — during the IEEE's International Ultrasonics Symposium, held Oct. 3-6, 2006, in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was cited for his outstanding contributions to ultrasonic tissue characterization and echocardiography.
Miller is widely respected for his ability to communicate technically complex, interdisciplinary material to diverse audiences. Miller has been a mentor to 32 doctoral and post-doctoral students in ultrasonic physics, many of whom have gone on to prominent careers. He received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award from the Emerson Electric Co. in 2004.
In addition, over the last three decades Miller has guided cardiology fellows from the Washington University School of Medicine through the physics underpinning echocardiography. Each spring, Miller teaches a widely acclaimed undergraduate course titled "Physics of the Heart," for which he received the Council of Students of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award in 1990.
Affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital, members of BJC HealthCare.
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