Andrew C. Millard

Education

• Iliff School of Theology, Denver CO, USA (2006 —)
  • Accepted into M.Div. programme.
  • Enrolled in Justice and Peace Studies concentration.
  • Interning with Veterans of Hope.
  • Financed in part by scholarships from Iliff and from the Unitarian Universalist Association.
• Hartford Seminary, Hartford CT, USA (2002 — 2006)
  • Completed ten Masters-level courses with a 3.8 GPA.
• Princeton University, Princeton NJ, USA (1992 — 1997)
  • Achieved PhD in Physics in April 1997.
  • Researched “Non-Commutative Methods in Quantum Mechanics” for thesis.
  • Investigated, as part of qualifying exams, “Measurements of the UV Transmission Spectrum for and Purification of FC104”.
  • Completed departmental vacuum technology and machine shop courses.
• Trinity College (Cambridge University), Cambridge, England (1989 — 1992)
  • Achieved BA (Double First with Honours) in Natural Sciences in June 1992.
  • Researched “Clifford Algebras in the Teaching of Undergraduate Physics” as final year project.
  • Awarded James Webb History of Science Essay Prize in 1991.
  • Financed in part by scholarship from Independent Order of Foresters.

Employment

• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center: Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension
  • Maintaining optical microscopy facility and instructing researches in advanced imaging techniques.
  • Investigating the properties of kidney cell membrane using environmentally sensitive dyes.
• University of Connecticut Health Center: Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (formerly the Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology)
  • Developed applications of second harmonic generation microscopy and spectroscopy, including functional imaging of nervous and myocardial tissues.
  • Advised and instructed graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, demonstrating methods in non-linear microscopy as part of advanced imaging courses.
• University of California at San Diego: The Squier (formerly Wilson) Group (1998 — 2001)
  • Supported by a La Jolla Interfaces in Science fellowship during 1999 and 2000.
  • Developed techniques in third harmonic generation microscopy, including functional imaging of neurons and erythrocytes.
  • Characterised focusing of ultrashort laser pulses by a high numerical aperture microscope objective using frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG).
• Princeton University: Physics Department (1992 — 1998)
  • Researched aspects of chemotaxis in E. coli,developing new tools to study response and adaptation, from 1997 for Biophysics Group.
  • Assisted in teaching of (undergraduate level) thermodynamics and (undergraduate and graduate level) electromagnetism between 1993 and 1997.
  • Designed and constructed X-ray source power and safety control module in Summer 1995 and constructed innovative X-ray pixel array detector heater control module in Summer 1996, both for Biophysics Group.
  • Investigated and verified hypotheses concerning materials employed in Cerenkov particle detectors in Summer 1993 for Experimental High Energy Group.
  • Developed FORTRAN and VMS code to search for objects in Hubble Space Telescope wide field and planetary camera images between 1992 and 1993 for Gravity Group.
• English Electric Valve Company, Chelmsford, England (1987 — 1990)
  • Investigated performance of high power valves.
  • Coordinated application of chemical and electrochemical techniques.
  • Contributed towards development of copper vapour lasers.

Research Publications

• “Generalised Quantum Dynamics as Pre-Quantum Mechanics”, Nuc. Phys. B 473 199 (1996)
• “On the Structure of Projective Group Representations in Quaternionic Hilbert Space”, J. Math. Phys. 37 5848 (1996)
• “Coherent States in Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics”, J. Math. Phys. 38 5 (1997)
• “Quantum Mechanics in Classical Dynamics”, J. Math. Phys. 38 6230 (1997)
• “Using GaAsP Photodiodes to Characterise Ultrashort Pulses Under High Numerical Aperture Focusing in Microscopy”, J. Microsc. 193 179 (1999)
• “Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating Measurement of Ultrashort Pulses Passing through a High Numerical Aperture Objective”, IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 35 479 (1999)
• “Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy Using a Compact, Femtosecond Fiber Laser Source”, App. Opt. 38 7393 (1999)
• “Three Dimensional High Resolution Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Endogenous Structural Proteins in Biological Tissues”, Biophys. J. 82 493 (2002)
• “Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Endogenous Structural Proteins”, Methods 29 97 (2003)
• “Second Harmonic Imaging Microscopy”, Meth. Enzymology 361 47 (2003)
• “Direct Measurement of the Voltage Sensitivity of Second Harmonic Generation from a Membrane Dye in Patch-Clamped Cells”, Opt. Lett. 28 1221 (2003)
• “Macromolecular Structure of Cellulose Studied by Second Harmonic Generation Imaging Microscopy”, Opt. Lett. 28 2207 (2003)
• “Sensitivity of Second Harmonic Generation from Styryl Dyes to Trans-Membrane Potential”, Biophys. J. 86 1169 (2004)
• “Second Harmonic Imaging of Membrane Potential” in “Imaging in Neuroscience and Development” (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005)
• “Second Harmonic Imaging of Exocytosis at Fertilisation”, Biophys. J. 88 L46 (2005)
• “Cholesterol-Enriched Lipid Domains Can Be Visualized by di-4-ANEPPDHQ with Linear and Non-Linear Optics”, Biophys. J. 89 L4 (2005)
• “Wavelength- and Time-Dependence of Potentiometric Non-linear Optical Signals from Styryl Dyes”, J. Memb. Bio. 208 103 (2005)
• “Characterization of the Myosin-Based Source for Second-Harmonic Generation from Muscle Sarcomeres”, Biophys. J. 90 693 (2006)
• “Characterization and Application of a New Optical Probe for Membrane Lipid Domains”, Biophys. J. 90 2563 (2006)
• “Spectroscopy of Third Harmonic Generation: Evidence for Resonances in Model Compounds and Ligated Hemoglobin”, JOSA B 23 932 (2006)
• “New Near Infrared Optical Probes of Cardiac Electrical Activity”, Am. J. Physiol. Heart. Circ. Physiol. 290 H2633 (2006)
• “Unique Contrast Patterns from Resonance-Enhanced Chiral SHG of Cell Membranes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 11030 (2006)

Conference Abstracts and Proceedings

• “Spatial and Temporal Characterisation of the Focusing of Ultrashort Pulses by High Numerical Aperture Objectives for Ultrafast Multiphoton Microscopy”, Proc. SPIE 3616 76 (1999)
• “Three Dimensional, Third Harmonic Microscopy of Living Systems”, Biophys. J. 78 136a (2000)
• “Visualisation of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Collagen Fibres using Second Harmonic Generation”, J. Bone and Mineral Res. 16 S442 (2001)
• “Three-Dimensional High-Resolution Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Endogenous Structural Proteins in Biological Tissues”, Biophys. J. 82 175a (2002)
• “Evidence for Resonances in the Third Harmonic Spectra of Haemoglobin as a Function of Ligand Binding State”, Biophys. J. 82 498a (2002)
• “Characterisation of Second Harmonic Generation from Styryl Dyes in Cell Membranes”, Biophys. J. 82 499a (2002)
• “Characteristics of Second Harmonic Generation from Voltage-Sensitive Styryl Dyes”, Biophys. J. 84 285a (2003)
• “Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Endogenous Structural Proteins”, Proc. SPIE 4963 73 (2003)
• “High Sensitivity of Second Harmonic Generation from Styryl Dyes to Cell Membrane Potential”, Biophys. J. 86 148a (2004)
• “Cholesterol-Enriched Lipid Domains Can Be Visualized with a New Fluorescent Probe and Non-Linear Optics”, Mol. Bio. Cell 15 121a (2004)
• “Second Harmonic Generation Imaging Microscopy of Cellular Structure and Function”, Proc. SPIE 5700 205 (2005)
• “Second Harmonic Generation Imaging with a High-Power Ultrafast Fiber Laser”, Proc. SPIE 5714 92 (2005)
• “Second Harmonic Imaging of Membrane Potential with New Long Wavelength Dyes”, Biophys. J. 88 206a (2005)
• “Second Harmonic Imaging of Fertilisation Exocytosis”, Biophys. J. 88 380a (2005)
• “Cholesterol-Enriched Lipid Domains Can Be Visualized by di-4-ANEPPDHQ with Linear and Non-Linear Optics”, Biophys. J. 88 414a (2005)
• “Non-Linear Optics and Multi-Dimensional Imaging of Developing Tissues”, Dev. Biol. 283 578 (2005)
• “New Chiral Dyes for Second Harmonic Generation Sensing”, Biophys. J. 90 139a (2006)
• “Wavelength- and Time-Dependence of Potentiometric Non-Linear Optical Signals from Styryl Dyes”, Biophys. J. 90 294a (2006)
• “Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Skeletal Muscle Tissue and Myofibrils”, Proc. SPIE 6089 211 (2006)
• “Time-Dependence of the Voltage-Sensitivity of Second Harmonic Generation from Styryl Dyes”, Proc. SPIE 6089 220 (2006)

Other Academic Skills

• Proficient in metal working and computer programming (C++, Perl, HTML and LabVIEW).
• Member of the Institute of Physics, the International Society for Optical Engineering and the Biophysical Society.
• Completed national Design and Technology course in 1987. Designed and constructed computer-controlled vehicle.

Faith-Related Activities

• Hired as youth chaplain for the Mountain Desert District of the Unitarian Universalist Association in February 2007.
• Participated in organising bi-annual rallies as part of the Events Planning Committee of the Clara Barton District from July 2004 to 2006.
• Took classes at Hartford Seminary from January 2002 until May 2005. Taking classes at Iliff School of Theology since September 2006.
• Joined the Unitarian Society of Hartford in May 2001. Joined the Adult Programmes Committee in May 2001, becoming chair in July 2004. Joined the Social Responsibility Committee in September 2001, becoming co-chair in January 2002 and chair in July 2003 until June 2004. Became a youth advisor in September 2002. Attended General Assembly since 2001, going as a congregational delegate in 2002 and 2004 and as a youth chaperone in 2003.
• Joined the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science in January 1999. Attended IRAS conferences on Star Island since 2000. Elected to IRAS Council in July 2003.
• Elected to Board of Directors of the World Pantheist Movement in November 1998; took up office as Financial Secretary in February 1999 and then Treasurer in June 1999, obtaining 501(c)(3) status for the organisation. Retired from these positions in April 2001 but still maintaining the WPM membership database and the PanSoCal Web site.

Miscellaneous Activities

• Joined the Sierra Club in March 1998 and became a life member in May 2001. Elected to Executive Committee of Greater Hartford Sierra Club in January 2004.
• Editor-in-Chief of e-zine WOSSNAME from September 1998 until March 2000.
• Presented classical music on WPRB from January to May 1998.
• Assisted at the 250th Anniversary Conference on Critical Problems in Physics at Princeton University in 1996.
• Joined the multi-user Internet-based game “Discworld” as a coder (in LPC, a variant of C++) in 1993, being promoted to supervisor and then administrator in 1994. Before retirement in 1997 was directly responsible for approximately 20 coders and large parts of the game’s 80 Mb of code and more than 100 Mb of data.
• Elected Secretary in 1990 and then President in 1991 of Trinity Mathematical Society. Participated actively in Cambridge University Astronomy Society and Cambridge University Physics Society.
• Reinstituted and organised the Bishop’s Stortford College Science Society in 1988. Scheduled lectures, both by students and by external speakers.
• Founded and coordinated Widford Lodge Computer Club in 1982. Published substantial newsletter triannually.
• Performed choral work since 1978, most recently with the choir of the Unitarian Society of Hartford. Formerly a member of the choir and Early Music Consort of Hunter College, performing, amongst other pieces, romantic works in German by Schubert and Brahms, baroque works by Monteverdi and Vivaldi, and Purcell’s “Dido and Æneas”.

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