Patricia Miller, Bsc.hon., PhDc

Patricia Anne Miller is the Greens Solutions Technical Specialist for the golf segment with Envu Canada.  She is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in Environmental Sciences, specializing in plant microbiology.  She also has a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry including organic and cell biochemistry.  Patricia has worked in the environmental microbiology field for 20 years and has experience in biodegradation, antibiotic resistance in the environment, and plant and soil microbial interactions.  Her latest research focused on plant microbiome diversity throughout the stages of plant growth including the contribution of soil microbes and Bacillus species to the plant life cycle in a variety of plants including the Poaceae family.  She has previous experience working in the golf sector with biorationals and turf microbiome dynamics.  She has taught chemistry, microbiology, and environmental microbiology courses at both York University and the University of Toronto.