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R. J. Dwayne Miller
Portrait of R. J. Dwayne Miller
R. J. Dwayne Miller in 2016
Born
Robert John Dwayne Miller

(1956-05-23) 23 May 1956 (age 68)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisElectronic excited state transport and trapping in disordered systems (1983)
Doctoral advisorMichael D. Fayer
Other academic advisorsBryan R. Henry
Doctoral students
  • Kevin J. Kubarych (2003)
  • Jennifer P. Ogilvie (2003)
  • Bradley J. Siwick (2004)
  • Jason R. Dwyer (2005)
  • Maher Harb (2009)
  • Alexander Paarmann (2010)
Websitelphys.chem.utoronto.ca

R. J. Dwayne Miller, FRSC (born 18 April 1956) is a Canadian chemist and a professor at the University of Toronto. His focus is in physical chemistry and biophysics. He is most widely known for his work in ultrafast laser science, time-resolved spectroscopy, and the development of new femtosecond electron sources. His research has enabled real-time observation of atomic motions in materials during chemical processes and has shed light on the structure-function correlation that underlies biology.[11]

Early Life and Education

Dwayne Miller was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[12] In 1978, he received a B.Sc. in chemistry and immunology at the University of Manitoba where Prof. Bryan R. Henry was his advisor. He completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at Stanford University in 1983 under the supervision of Prof. Michael D. Fayer. His thesis work focused on energy transport in model systems of photosynthesis and is titled Part I, Electronic excited state transport and trapping in disordered systems; Part II, Laser induced ultrasonics.

Academic career

Following graduation, Dwayne Miller gained a faculty position at the University of Rochester and immediately took a 12-month leave to do postdoctoral research in solid state physics as a NATO science fellow at the Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique (renamed to Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique in 2011[13]) at the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France under the direction of Drs. Hans Peter Trommsdorff and Robert Romenstain.[14] He returned to University of Rochester in 1984 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1988 and then full professor of chemistry and optics in 1992. In 1995, he moved back to Canada and relocated his research group to the departments of chemistry and physics at the University of Toronto. In 2006, he was appointed as a University Professor [15] and later as a Distinguished Faculty Research Chair.

In 2004, Dwayne Miller co-founded and took up the position of Director of the Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics at the newly created Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg, Germany.[16] He also became co-Director of the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging and the Molecular Architecture of Life research program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). He currently split his time between Canada and Germany, where he leads his two research group.

He was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1999 and 2016 respectively. He is also a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Canadian Association of Physicists, American Physical Society, and Optical Society of America.

Personal life

Dwayne Miller is married to his wife Margaret and they have three children: Kathleen, Kelsey, and Cameron.

Science Outreach

Beyond his scientific work, Prof. Dwayne Miller is dedicated to the promotion of science education through outreach to school children. He founded and is a board member of Science Rendezvous, an annual science festival that aims to expose general public to science and technology.[17]

Bibliography

Selected Papers

  • Siwick, Bradley J.; Dwyer, Jason; Jordan, Robert E.; Miller, R. J. Dwayne (2003). "An Atomic-Level View of Melting Using Femtosecond Electron Diffraction". Science. 302 (5649): 1382–1385. Bibcode:2003Sci...302.1382S. doi:10.1126/science.1090052.

Review Articles

Books

  • Miller, R. J. Dwayne; McLendon, George L.; Nozik, Arthur J.; Schmickler, Wolfgang; Willig, Frank (1995). Surface Electron Transfer Processes. Wiley VCH. ISBN 978-0471185536.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Young Investigator Award". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Past Fellows". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Fellows". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Search Fellows". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. ^ "John C. Polanyi Award". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ "CIC Medal". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Past Award Winners". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ "E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Centenary Prize 2016 Winner". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  10. ^ "European Physical Society prize for R. J. Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  11. ^ "R. J. Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Winnipeg chemist earns prestigious British science award". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  13. ^ "History of LiPhy". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  14. ^ "R. J. Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Professor RJ Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Prof. Dr. R. J. Dwayne Miller". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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