Phillip Miller
Kermit Wagner Distinguished Professor Animal Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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ANSC C206g
Lincoln NE 68583-0908 - Phone
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402-472-6421 On-campus 2-6421
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pmiller1@unl.edu
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National Animal Nutrition Program
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Phillip Miller joined the Department of Animal Science as an Assistant Professor of Animal Science in 1990, has served as a Professor of Animal Science since 2003, and was honored with the Kermit Wagner Distinguished Professorship in 2020. He served as the interim head of the department from July 2016-January 2017. Miller also serves as chair of the National Animal Nutrition Program and is a division editor of the Journal of Animal Science.
Education
Ph.D. University of California-Davis, 1990
M.S. University of California-Davis, 1988
B.S. University of California-Davis, 1985
Teaching
ASCI 320: Animal Nutrition and Feeding
Summary: Fundamentals of nutrition and feeding of domestic livestock, nutrients and nutrient requirements, characteristics of feedstuffs, methods of feeding, and the feed industry.
ASCI 925: Energy Metabolism
Summary: Critically evaluate how research in bioenergetics has contributed to scientific discoveries in the fields of nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology. Methodologies for determination of human and animal energy expenditure and body composition. Specifically, direct calorimetry, indirect calorimetry and comparative slaughter techniques. Emphasis on components of organ and tissue energy expenditures. Background information important in other nutrition courses.
Research
My research focuses on swine nutrition, including energy and amino acid nutrition, the effects of energy intake on gilt development, and interactions of nutrition and the microbiome in nursery pigs.