About the Author

Mary Elizabeth Miller is an associate professor and director of the biochemistry and molecular biology program at Rhodes College, TN. She holds the J. T. and V. B. Robertson Chair of Biological Sciences and has been awarded the Rhodes College Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research or Creative Activity. She received her PhD in microbiology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, and studied as a post-doctoral fellow at the Rockefeller University, NY. Dr. Miller teaches introductory biology, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, and topical seminars on cancer. She researches cell division and key regulators of cell division cycle.