| Intro | American geneticist (1945-1999) |
| Was |
Scientist Zoologist Geneticist Entomologist |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Biology Science |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 8 October 1945, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| Death |
9 November 1999, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, U.S.A. (aged 54 years) |
| Star sign | Libra |
Lois Kathryn Miller (October 8, 1945 – November 9, 1999) was an American geneticist and academic. She was a Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics and Entomology at the University of Georgia.
Biography
Miller was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate education at Upsala College and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Joining the faculty at the University of Idaho in 1976, she moved to the University of Georgia ten years later, becoming a Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics and Entomology. Miller focused her research on baculoviruses and programmed cell death. In 1991, her team at the University of Georgia discovered the anti-apoptotic properties of the baculoviral Early 35 kDa protein (P35).
Miller was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She died of melanoma in 1999.