JAMES R. MILLETTE, Ph.D.

    Consulting scientist involved in environmental/forensic/particle and materials studies since 1972 primarily using microscopy techniques. Previous work included 11 years as a research scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and 5 years at McCrone Environmental Services performing and supervising analysis of particulates and product constituent analysis by microscopic techniques.

    EDUCATION:

    Ph.D., School of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1983

    M. En., Miami University, Ohio, 1975

    B.S., Physics, University of Dayton, 1973

    PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

    Over 70 publications have appeared in a number of journals including “Scanning Electron Microscopy”, “Journal of the American Water Works Association”, “Environmental Health Perspectives”, “Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology”, “Science of the Total Environment”, “Journal of Analytical Toxicology”, “Electron Microscopy”, “The Microscope”, “Environmental Forensics”, “Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology” and “Environmental Science and Technology.”

    Reports of scientific work have been presented at numerous national and international meetings, including conferences of the Environmental Information Association, American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Water Works Association, Electron Microscopy Society, and several Symposia of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

    OTHER:

    Served as Co-Chairman of the “Michael E. Beard Conference 2009.”

    Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists – Andrew H. Payne, Jr., Special Achievement Award, Feb. 20, 2008.

    Served as Chairman or Co-Chairman of technical sessions at national meetings such as that of the Electron Microscope Society of America.

    Chair of Sub-Committee D22.07 and member of Committee D24 of the American Society of Testing and Materials.

    Chairman, Electron Microscope Facility at the USEPA Research Center, 1980-1985.

    Testified as an expert witness on asbestos for the State of Connecticut Department of Health.

    Adjunct Professor, Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1984-1985.

    President, Electron Microscope Society of the Ohio River Valley, 1984-1985.

    President, Georgia Microscopical Society, 1994-1996.

    Testified as an Expert Witness on matters relating to microscopical analyses in state and federal courts.

    Co-Course Director, “Settled Dust Analysis,” Georgia Tech Research Institute, 1991-1992, The Environmental Institute, 2003 – 2005.