Education

B.A. University of Kansas, 1990

Ph.D. Cornell University, 1996

Research Interests:

Nutrient transformations and gaseous emissions from manure-impacted environments.

Major Project Activities:

Modern agriculture faces many challenges relating to the accumulation, handling, storage, and application of animal manure.  Current research project activities include evaluating alternative feedlot runoff treatment systems, investigating the controls on gas emission hot-spots in cattle feedlots, understanding microbial nutrient transformations in shallow aquifers, and documenting odor compound emissions from cropland receiving animal manure.  A variety of collaborations with university and other ARS locations enable a multi-component approach that provides additional information related to the fate of pharmaceuticals, manure pathogens, and nutrients in these projects.

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Publications

Google Scholar publication list

• Durso, L. M., D. N. Miller, and C. G. Henry. Impact of vegetative treatment systems on multiple measures of antibiotic resistance in agricultural wastewater. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15 (7):1295. 2018
• Segal, L. M., D. N. Miller, R. P. McGhee, T. D. Loecke, K. L. Cook, C. A. Shapiro, and R. A. Drijber. Bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers respond differently to long-term tillage and fertilizer management at a continuous maize site. Soil Tillage Res. 168:110-117. 2017.
• Miller, D. N., M. J. Spiehs, V. H. Varel, B. L. Woodbury, J. Wells, and E. D. Berry. Distiller’s byproduct cattle diets enhance reduced sulfur gas fluxes from feedlot soils and manures. J. Environ. Qual. 45 (4): 1161-1168. 2016.
• Böhlke, J. K., R. L. Smith, and D. N. Miller. Ammonium transport and reaction in contaminated ground-water: Application of isotope tracers and isotope fractionation studies. Water Resources Research 42:W05411, doi:10.1029/2005WR004349. 2006.
• Miller, D. N. and E. D. Berry. Cattle feedlot soil moisture and manure content: I. Impacts on greenhouse gases, odor compounds, nitrogen losses, and dust. J. Environ. Qual. 34:644-655. 2005.