Education and Training:
Duke University, BA 1992
Stanford University, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome Italy, 1991
MS, Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University,  2003
Ph. D., Botany, Texas A&M University, 2010

Research and Professional Experience:
2011-present, Postdoctoral Research Scholar: Laboratory of Dr. Patricia Klein
2009-2010, Laboratory Instructor: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants (TAMU Biology)
2005-2009, Research Assistant: Laboratory of Dr. Alan Pepper
2004-2005, Laboratory Instructor: Taxonomy of Flowering Plants
2001-2003, Laboratory Instructor: Fruit and Nut Production, Plant Propagation, Nursery Production and Management, Landscape Plant Materials, Internet Technology,  (TAMU Horticultural Sciences)

Selected Academic Honors:
2009                Doctoral Merit Award (Department of Biology)
2007                Texas A&M Academic Excellence Award
2005                George and Mary Lewis Endowed Scholarship
2002                William C. Welch Endowed Scholarship

Professional Activities:

“Development of molecular resources for the noxious weed, Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv (Cogongrass)” (oral) Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Conference, San Antonio, TX,       November 11, 2009

“Development of molecular and genetic tools to study the evolution of serpentine adaptation, endemism and speciation in the Streptanthoid Complex (Brassicaceae)” (oral). Fifth International Conference on Serpentine Ecology. Siena, Italy.  May 11, 2006

“Molecular resources for population-genetic and functional ecological-genetic studies in the Streptanthoid Complex of genera (Brassicaceae)” (poster). Botanical Society of America, Austin, TX, August 15, 2005

“Somatic embryogenesis in Rosa hybrida cultivars” (oral). American Society of Horticultural Sciences. Providence, RI, October 6, 2003

Synergistic Activities:

2007-present   Developing molecular and genetic resources for the invasive species, Imperata
cylindrica (L.) Beauv. (cogongrass), as a participant in a multi-state network of forestry professionals, state and federal specialists and landowners with the common goal of preventing further invasions and controlling existing populations

2004-present   Contributor in field collection and identification of plant species archived in the
TAMU Biology Herbarium, with particular emphasis on rare flora of West Texas

2004                Creator of online curriculum, “Basic Lessons in Rose Breeding”, as part of the Basye Rose Breeding and Genetics Program, to make genetic information freely available and accessible and to encourage learning beyond the university environment

Publications:

1. A. Millie Burrell, Eun-Gyu No and Alan E. Pepper. 2011. Discovery of nuclear and plastid
   microsatellites, and other key genomic information, in the rare endemic plant (Caulanthus  amplexicaulis var. barbarae) using minimal 454 pyrosequencing. Conservation Genetics
   Resources. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9450-3.
2. A. Millie Burrell, Kathryn Taylor, Ryan J. Williams, Robert Cantrell, Monica A. Menz, and Alan E. Pepper. 2010. A comparative genomic map for evolutionary and ecological studies in Caulanthus amplexicaulis and related species (Brassicaceae) Molecular Ecology. 20: 784-798.
3. A. Millie Burrell and Alan E. Pepper. 2006. Primers for 10 polymorphic microsatellites from Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. barbarae, and cross-amplification in other species within the Streptanthoid Complex (Brassicaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes. 6: 770-772.
4. A. Millie Burrell, R. Daniel Lineberger, Keerti S. Rathore and David H. Byrne. 2006. Genetic variation in somatic embryogenesis in rose. HortScience. 41: 1-4.
5. Kim, C. K., J. Y. Oh, J. D. Chung, A.M. Burrell, and D. H. Byrne. 2004. Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from in-vitro-grown leaf explants of rose. HortScience 391: 1378-1380.
6. C. Kim, J.D. Chung, S.H. Park, A.M. Burrell, K. Kamo and David H. Byrne. 2004. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Rosa hybrida using the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Gene. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 78: 107-111.
7. Natalie Anderson, David H. Byrne, Jonathan C. Sinclair and A. Millie Burrell. 2002. Cooler temperature during germination improves the survival of embryo-cultured peach seed. HortScience.  37: 402-403.