Aaron L. Mills - Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:American Society for Microbiology (Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology)Society of Sigma XiInternational Society of Microbial EcologyAmerican Geophysical UnionAmerican Water Resources AssociationHONORS:1976 Atlantic Estuarine Research Society's Young Estuarine Scientist Award1989 Elected to Fellowship, American Academy of Microbiology2002 Software Development and Release Award, National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:1979-80 Vice President, University of Virginia Chapter, Society of Sigma Xi1980-81 President, University of Virginia Chapter, Society of Sigma Xi1980 Invited lecturer, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Lynchburg College1981 Invited lecturer, Department of Biology, SUNY College at Buffalo1982-93 Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology1982 Convenor, Symposium on the effects of acidic pollutants on environmental microbial processes, AnnualMeeting of the American Society for Microbiology1982 Invited lecturer, Medical College of Virginia 35th Annual Stoneburner Lecture Series: "Environmentaland Occupational Health Hazards." Presentation on "Behavior of Toxic Substances in the Environment."1982 Invited lecturer, Winchester Memorial Hospital - Continuing Medical Education Program. Presentationon "Behavior of Toxic Substances in the Environment."1982-84 Executive Committee, Univ. Virginia Chapter, Society of the Sigma Xi1983 Convenor, Session on microbe-metal interactions. 3rd Intern. Symp. Microb. Ecol.1983 Invited lecturer, Department of Biology, West Virginia University1983 Invited lecturer, Department of Biology, Univ. North Carolina Wilmington1983 Consultant to Village of Shallmar, Md. in mine siting hearing.1984 Invited lecturer, Department of Biology, Old Dominion University1984 Convenor, Session on Environmental Microbiology, Virginia Branch, American Society forMicrobiology.1984 Consultant to Unogen, Inc. Charlottesville, VA.1984 Consultant to The Miller Company, Hartford, Conn.1985 Consultant to Hydrosystems, Inc. Dunn Loring Va. (Retained as Assoc.Scientist)1985-87 Elected to Faculty Forum for Scientific Research, University of Virginia.1986 Invited participant, NSF workshop on "Genetically Engineered Microorganisms and Research in BasicMicrobial Ecology", Scottsdale Arizona.1986 Participant in Gordon Conference on Environmental Sciences: Water.1986 Invited lecturer, Central Virginia Magnet School for Science and Technology1987 Invited lecturer, Department of Biology, Villanova University1987 Convenor, session on Hydrologic Issues in Wetlands Research. Semiannual Meeting, AmericanGeophysical Union1988 Member, Nominating Committee, Division N, Aquatic and Terrestrial Microbiology American Societyfor Microbiology.1987-91 Elected to Faculty Forum for Scientific Research. Exec. Committee (1987-89). Chairman, 1990-91.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/081997 Invited speaker, Eastern Shore Natural Resources Symposium, Ground water issues and Comparisons ofcoastal systems1996 Guest Speaker on scientific approaches to ground water problems on the Eastern Shore,Accomack/Northampton Bicounty Ground Water Study Committee (Bicounty Planning DistrictCommision)1996 Consultant to Sojka, Nick. Oxygen demand of recyclable animal bedding.1997 Consultant to Lockheed-Martin, Inc. Review of Idaho National Engineering Laboratory's Long TermResearch Initiative1997 Consultant to IDI, Inc., Review of NASA's, Mars 2001 Soil and Dust Experiment1998 Co-Convener, Seminar on Bacterial Transport in the Subsurface. General Meeting, American Society forMicrobiology1998 Panel Member, U.S.E.P.A. Bioremediation/Bioavailability Research Initiative - Competitive GrantsProgram1998 Guest Speaker, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Ground water contamination problems onVirginia's Eastern Shore.1998 Invited Lecturer, Orland E. White Arboretum. "Biological controls on the distribution of nitrate in acoastal plain aquifer."1998 Consultant to Guana Area Intracoastal Network, St. Augustine FL.1998-1999 Member of National Research Council's Water Science and Technology Board Committee: ReviewingDOE’s Environmental Management Science Program1998-2000 Appointed to Nominating Committee for the American Academy of Microbiology Board of Governors1998 Invited Lecturer, Department of Soil Science, University of Florida, "Metal Oxide Grain Coatings andBacterial Transport in Porous Media"1998 Invited Lecturer, Kennedy Space Center Advanced Life Support Breadboard Project. "ManipulatingDiversity in Bacterial Communities."1999 Panel member, NASA HEDS review of proposals in Gravitational Biology and Ecology2000 - Appointed to Scientific Advisory Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of EnvironmentalQuality2000-2001 Appointed to Academy Nominating Committee, American Academy of Microbiology2000-2003 Appointed to Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Selection Committee, American Academy ofMicrobiology2001 Invited participant in NASA Mars Sample Handling Protocol Workshop Series, Workshop #4:Comprehensive Protocol Evaluation2002 Invited participant in NSF workshop on Research Experience for Teachers initiative.2002-2005 Appointed Advisory Editor (Editorial Board Member) for Geobiology.2002 Invited participant, NASA workshop on Genome-genome interactions. MBL, Woods Hole MA.2002-2003 Member, NSF Review Panel for Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles (Biocomplexity Program)2003 Invited lecturer, Department of Natural Resources, Delaware State University2003 Invited participant, Workshop on Governing Models for NEON (National Ecological ObservatoriesNetwork), American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C. (also part of the report writingteam)2003 Invited participant, NEON planning for the Southeast Region. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory /University of Georgia. Also served as breakout group leader.2003 Member, USDA Review Panel, National Research Initiative, Air Quality2004 Invited participant, NEON planning for the Mid Atlantic Region Ecological Observatory, SmithsonianInstitution CRC, served as breakout group leader.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/082004 Invited participant, NASA, Office of Biological and Physical Research, Microbiology Workshop.Kennedy Space Center2004-2006 Member National Science Foundation Hydrological Sciences Review Panel2004 Member, DOE Natural and Accelerated Biological In Situ Remediation Review Panel2004 Volume Editor (Subsurface Microbiology) for American Society for Microbiology’s Manual ofEnvironmental Microbiology, 3 rd Edition.2004 - Appointed to South Eastern Ecological Observatory Network (SEEON), Interim Executive Committee2004 Invited Participant, NSF Workshop on Future directions for LTER, Committee of 100. Cape CanaveralFlorida.2005-2006 Member, NSF/LTER Working Group on Biotic Structure2005 Invited Participant, NASA Workshop on Lunar Dust Toxicology, Sunnyvale, CA.2005 Invited Participant, NASA Workshop on Advanced Life Support and Planetary Protection, Houston,TX.2005 Invited Speaker at “Space Day,” Krasnoyarsk University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Presentation onbioregenerative life support.2006 Invited Participant, NASA MARgins Workshop, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA.2006 Keynote Speaker at Undergraduate Research Day, a University-Wide Symposium, Stetson University.2007 Commencement address, Graduation exercises, Broadwater Academy, Exmore, VA2007 Invited lecturer, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. (Denitrification and nitrate removal incoastal stream sediments.)2008 Invited Participant, NSF Workshop on Microbial Ecology and NEON, Baton Rouge LA2008 Member, US DOE Environmental Remediation Science Program Review Panel.FUNDED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES2002-2008 Transient events in the hyporheic zone, NSF, $432,000 (with J. Herman and G. Hornberger).2004-2006 Development of Metabolomics Capability for Life Sciences, NASA $140,0002004-2007 Population dynamics of nitrogen oxidizers and reducers in mixed-function bioreactors, NASA $65,0002004-2006 IPA Appointment NASA $380,0002002-2003 Environmental fate of -17 estradiol, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, $25,000 (with J.Herman)2002-2003 IPA Appointment NASA, $55,6382002 Research Experience for Teacher supplement, $6,000, NSF2001 IPA Appointment, NASA, $27,8192000-2003 The Relative Importance of Organic Material vs Local Environmental Conditions on MicrobialDecomposer Communities: a Cross-Site Comparison, NSF, $299,959 (with L. Blum)2000-2007 Virginia Coast Reserve LTER, NSF, $4,500,000, (with several co-PIs)2000-2001 Biocomplexity Incubation Activity, NSF, $60,000 (with R. Ford, J. Herman, G. Hornberger, J, Vallino)2000-2001 Virginia Water Center, $5,000 (with R. Ford, J. Herman, G. Hornberger)1999-2003 Monitoring spatial and temporal changes in pathogen invasibility of microbial communities inhydroponically grown wheat, NASA, $88,0001998-99 Constructed vegetative treatment cells, USEPA, $99,803 (with S. Yu)1996 Evaluation of a microbial inoculum for remediation of creosote contaminated sediments in the ElizabethRiver, Virginia. Virginia CIT, $35,000 (with R. Ford)

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/081980-82 Member, G.A.R.C.1981-82 Member, Chair's Recruiting Committee1982-88 Chair, G.A.R.C. (Graduate Advisor)1988-90 Member, G.A.R.C.1983 Member Chair's Special Search Committee for Corcoran Chaired Professor1979-1993 Member and/or Chair of Committees on: Shop, Environmental Chambers, Safety, Darkroom, Boats1984-85 Member, Curriculum Committee1987-88 Member, Computer Committee, Space Committee1984-90 Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences.1988-89 Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee1990-95 Chair, G.A.R.C.1991 Chair, Ad hoc Ecology Recruiting Committee1993 Member, Department Planning and Development Committee1994 Member, Ad hoc Ecology Recruiting Committee1996 Chair, Ad hoc committee on development of vacated resources in Clark Hall1996-1997 Chair Department Research Committee1996 Member Teaching Committee1996-97 Member, G.A.R.C., Financial Aids Committees1997-98 Member, Clark Hall Addition-Renovation Executive Committee, Financial Aids Committee, UGARC1997-98 Chair, G.A.R.C.1999-2000 Member, Graduate Admission Committee1999-2001 Member UGARC1999-2001 Chair, Financial Aids Committee2001-2004 Chair, Undergraduate Academic Review Committee (Director of Undergraduate Program)University service1978-91 Member, Radiation Safety Committee1978-95 Consultant to University Poison Control Center1983-86 Dean's Faculty Associate (1st year advising)1990 Member, Dean's Ad Hoc Committee on Implementation of the Natural Sciences Area Requirement1990-91 Member University Research Policy Advisory Committee (URPAC)1993-96 Member, Radiation Safety Committee1997-98 Member Radiation Safety Committee1997-98 Member Faculty Rules Committee, College of Arts and Sciences1999-2001 Member Faculty Rules Committee, College of Arts and Sciences1999-2001 Chair, Graduate Financial Aid Committee1999-2002 Faculty Associate (lower division Advisor)1999-2004 Member, Radiation Safety Committee2001 Chair, Faculty Senate ad hoc committee on Graduate Student Support2001-2004 Chair, Faculty Rules Committee, College of Arts and Sciences2001-2003 Member, Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee2002-2003 Member Arts and Sciences ad hoc Committee on Delivery of Statistical Education2002-2004 Member Faculty of Arts and Sciences Steering Committee2004-2007 Member, Provost’s Ad hoc committee on course evaluations.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08Community service1981 Guest speaker on environmental problems, Walton Middle School1982 Guest speaker on careers in environmental science, Charlottesville High School Career Day1988 Guest speaker on hazardous wastes, Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA.1988-89 Member, Parent's Advisory Committee for Creative After School / Summer Program, Charlottesville SchoolBoard.1989 Judge-Buford Middle School Science Fair1989-95 Manager for Piedmont Little League Teams1998 Guest speaker on water quality and public health, The Blue Ridge School (Two separate lectures)STUDENTS ADVISED:Graduate Thesis Advisor:Natalie Pien, M.S. 1981. The effect of influent acid mine drainage on anaerobic decomposition in lake sedimentsRegis Maubrey, M.S. 1981. Factors influencing the microbial colonization of mineral surfacesRaymond Wassel, M.S. 1982. The ecological condition of heterotrophic microbial communities in a lake receivingacid mine drainageMark Robertson, M.S. 1982. The microbial role in the decomposition of tropical seagrassesWilliam Eaton, M.S. 1983. The effect of particle surfaces on the degradation of bromobenzene in simulated groundwaterGail Bartels, M.S. 1983. The distribution of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Thiobacillus thiooxidans in acid minewater derived from different types of sulfide depositsAlan Herlihy, M.S. 1984, Ph.D.1987. Enhancement of sulfate reduction and the associated biological buffering inlake sediments receiving acid pollutionRobert Snyder, M.S. 1985. Controls on anaerobic metabolism in lake sedimentsLinda Jolley, M.S. 1985. Acetate oxidizing microbes in the atmosphere and precipitationPamela Bell, Ph.D. 1988 Distribution of anaerobes in lake sedimentsSarah Tremaine, Ph.D. 1988 Importance of chemosynthetically fixed carbon in food chainsPamela McIntire, Ph.D. 1988 Effect of groundwater inputs on metabolism in lake sedimentsEnid G. Bulley, M.S. 1988 Distribution of iron and sulfate reduction end products in sediments of Lake Anna(research done at UVa, degree awarded Dept. of Geology, Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill)Martha Scholl, M.S. 1989. Mineralogical and hydrological influences on bacterial attachment to representativeaquifer materials.Michael Lehman, M.S. 1991. Microbial transformations of organic matter and the release of copper from reservoirsediments.David Fontes, M.S. 1991. Microhydraulic constraints on the transport of bacteria in saturated porous mediaScott Brooks, M.S. 1991. Microbial degradation of creosote in soil inoculated with Phanerochaete chrysosporium.Jay Garland, Ph.D. 1991. Carbon flux within hydroponically-based plant growth systems: analysis of microbialcommunity structure and function.Jonathan Frye, Ph.D. 1993. Methane evolution from freshwater marshesRochelle Richardson, M.S. 1994. The effect of organic matter on bacterial transport in porous mediaThomas Weiss, M.S.1994. Bacterial size and shape as a controlling factor in cell transport in porous mediaScott Brooks, Ph.D. 1994. Microbial degradation of contaminants in soil and waterJudith Bouma, Ph.D. 1995. Fate of dissolved organic carbon released from the rhizosphere of hydroponically grownwheat in CELSS

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08Aileen Winquist, M.S. 1996. A comparison of surface characteristics, adhesion, and transport of particle-associateand suspended bacteria.Jennifer Nalbone, M.S. 1998. Factors influencing survivability of introduced microbesAmy Callaghan, M.S. 1999. Processes governing the distribution of NO 3 - in the Columbia Aquifer at a field site nearOyster, VACarl Bolster, Ph.D. 1999. Effect of heterogeneity on bacterial transport in unconsolidated porous mediaRima Franklin, Ph.D. 2003. Measurements of spatial and temporal heterogeneity in bacterial communities.Holly Galavotti, M.S. 2004. Removal of nitrate by denitrification in hyporheic groundwaterSanghoon Kang, Ph.D. 2005. Microbial community succession in soils after a disturbance and revegetationChuanhui Gu PhD 2006. Hydrological control on nitrate delivery through the groundwater-surface water interfaceSamuel Flewelling Ph.D. 2008. Denitrification under transient hydrologic conditions at the field scaleCurrentJoseph Battistelli, Ph.D. Distribution of denitrifying microbes in stream sedimentsKristina Reid-Black M.S. TBDGraduate, minor member, and undergraduate research theses:Tom Smith M.S. 1979Jim Pickral M.S. 1980Judson Kenworthy M.S 1980Barry Nash M.S. 1980Charles McLaugherty M.S. 1980John Walton M.S. 1980Steve Goodwin M.S. 1980Stephanie Lent M.S. 1980John Carpenter M.S. 1980Phyllis Garman M.S. 1981Marilyn Trenga M.S. 1981Tom Wolaver Ph.D. 1981DeWitt Smith M.S. 1982B. J. Cosby Ph.D. 1982Carl Moses M.S. 1982Douglas Burns M.S. 1982Deborah Banning M.S. 1983Tom Stephens M.S. 1983Nancy Ibison M.S. 1983John Scala M.S. 1983Marie Cohen M.S. 1983John Hoover M.S. 1984Cheryl Lindeman Ph.D. 1985Rebecca Schneider M.S. 1984Grant McQuate Ph.D. 1985Patrick Ryan Ph.D. 1985James Oliveros M.S. 1985Amy Bruckner M.S. 1986Margaret Harrigan M.S. 1986Brice McPherson M.S. 1986Lise Movall M.E. 1986Cherie Miller M.S. 1987James Forqurean M.S. 1986Kimberly Hoffer M.S. 1987Carl Moses Ph.D. 1987Michael Reiter Ph.D. 1988Luis Lagera Ph.D. 1988Carol Wicks M.S. 1988Margit W. Ray M.S. 1989Jonathan Frye M.S. 1989Jason Hwang Ph.D. 1990Randolph ChambersPh.D. 1990Serita Frey M.S. 1991Gabriela Soto M.S. 1991James Saiers M.S. 1991Carol Wicks Ph.D. 1992John Pollard M.S. 1992Ronald Light M.S. 1992Katherine MacMillin M.S.1992Todd DeJesus M.S. 1992Walton Kelly Ph.D. 1992Michelle Monti M.S. 1992Allison Clark M.S. 1993Isabelle Cozzarelli Ph.D. 1993Ronald Baker (Drexel U.) Ph.D.,1993Patricia Guy M.S. 1993Charles Hall M.S. 1993Allison Cogley M.S. 1993James Saiers Ph.D 1994Andrew Carter M.S. 1994Peter Weishampel M.S. 1994Karen Wu M.S. 1995Tina Guttierez-PetersonM.S. 1995Davis Thompson M.S. 1995Rebecca Terrell M.S. 1995Linda Morley M.S. 1995Daniel Liao Ph.D. 1995Jennifer Aiosa M.S. 1996Rob Dobson M.S. 1997Heather Reddy Ph.D. 1997Elizabeth Knapp Ph.D. 1997Takisha Cannon M.S. 1997Stephanie Johnson M.S. 1997Steven Moffitt (Acadia University)M.S. 1997Shelly Kauffman Ph.D. 1997Lisa Smith M.S. 1998Lori Spague M.S. 1998Mary Ellen TuccilloPh.D. 1998Andrew Earles Ph.D. 1999

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08Anabelle Morales (U. S. Fla.)Ph.D. 1999Nicole DiNovio M.S. 1999Brooke Hill M.S. 1999Jee-Won Choi M.S. 1999James Sung Ph.D. 2000Ken Hyer Ph.D. 2000Amy Lawrence M.S. 2000Amber Mierisch Ph.D. 2001Steven Turaski M.S. 2001Keya Chatterjee M.S. 2002Stephanie Johnson Ph.D. 2003Cassondra Thomas Ph.D. 2003Thomas Kennedy M.S. 2003Thomas Mozder M.S. 2005Jeffrey Chanat Ph.D. 2005Janna Levin Ph.D. 2005Michael Lowit Ph.D. 2005Ji-Sun Yi M.S. 2006Amanda Floyd M.S. 2007Gina Casciano M.S. 2007Justin Lawrence M.S. 2007Rachel Michaels Ph.D.Travis Robertson M.S.Wendy Robertson Ph.D.Paul Probasco Ph.D.Thomas Mozder Ph.D.Parameswar Sahu M.S.Luke Cole Ph.D.Undergraduate Theses AdvisedSteven Page B.A. 1980Eric Hess B.A. 1982Lisa Taschek B.A. 1983C.J. Robinson B.A. 1985Nicholas Landau B.A. 1990Dianne Snow B.A. 1991Stuart Gluck B.A. 1992David Beaudry B.A. 1992Matthew Cobbett B.A. 1994Ivy Porpotage B.S. 1995Leslie McCabeAmy CallaghanB.A. (DMP)1996B.A. (DMP)1997Kristen Deason B.S. 1998Kathryn KuhnRachel LeRoyKennedy RubertB.A. (DMP)1999BA (DMP)2001BA (DMP)2002Deanne Grant BA 2003Leyland DelReAllison LeachBA (DMP)2007BA (DMP)2008PUBLICATIONSPAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS:1. Mills, A.L., and M. Alexander. 1974. Microbial decomposition of species of freshwater planktonic algae. J.Environ. Qual. 3:423-428.2. Mills, A.L., and M. Alexander. 1976. N-Nitrosamine formation by cultures of several microorganisms. Appl.Environ. Microbiol. 31:892-895.3. Mills, A.L., and M. Alexander. 1976. Factors affecting dimethylnitrosamine formation in samples of soil andwater. J. Environ. Qual. 5:437-440.4. Mills, A.L., and R.R. Colwell. 1977. Microbiological effects of metal ions in Chesapeake Bay water andsediment. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18:99-103.5. Austin, B.A., D.A. Allen, A.L. Mills, and R.R. Colwell. 1977. Numerical taxonomy of heavy metal tolerantbacteria isolated from an estuary. Can. J. Microbiol. 23:1433- 1447.6. Wickramasinghe, R.H., A.L. Mills, R.R. Colwell, and C. Ponnamperuma. 1978. Behavior of C-14-labelledmethyl palmitate during chromatography of petroleum hydrocarbons on the SARA column. J. Chromatogr.147:419-420.7. Wickramasinghe, R.H., A.L. Mills, and R.R. Colwell. 1977. Behavior of C-14-labelled methyl palmitate duringchromatography of petroleum on alumina columns. Die Naturwiss. 64:584.8. Mills, A.L., C. Breuil, and R.R. Colwell. 1978. Enumeration of petroleum-degrading marine and estuarinemicroorganisms by the most probable number method. Can. J. Microbiol. 24:552-557.9. Kaper, J., A.L. Mills, and R.R. Colwell. 1978. Evaluation of the accuracy and precision of enumerating aerobicheterotrophs in water samples by the spread plate method. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 35:756-761.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0810. Colwell, R.R., A.L. Mills, J.D. Walker, P. Garcia-Tello, and V. Campos-P. 1978. Microbial ecology studies ofthe METULA spill in the Straits of Magellan. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 35:573-580.11. Berk, S.G., A.L. Mills, D.R. Hendricks, and R.R. Colwell. 1978. Effects of ingesting mercury-containingbacteria on mercury tolerance and growth rates of ciliates. Microb. Ecol. 4:319-330.12. Mills, A.L., and R.A. Wassel. 1980. Aspects of measurement of diversity for microbial communities. Appl.Environ. Microbiol. 40:578-586.13. Mills, A.L., and R. Maubrey. 1981. The effect of mineral composition on bacterial attachment to submergedrock surfaces. Microb. Ecol. 7:315-322.14. Baker, K.H., and A.L. Mills. 1982. Determination of the number of respiring Thiobacillus ferrooxidans cells inwater samples by using combined fluorescent antibody -2- (p- iodophenyl) -3- (p-nitrophenyl) -5-phenyltetrazolium chloride staining. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 43:338-344.15. Robertson, M.L., A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1982. In vitro microbial synthesis of detritus-like particulatesfrom dissolved organic carbon released from 2 species of tropical seagrasses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 7:279-285.16. Fiksdal, L., E.A. Vik, A.L. Mills, and J.T. Staley. 1982. Nonstandard methods for enumerating bacteria indrinking water. J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 74:313-318.17. Tate, R.L. III, and A.L. Mills. 1983. Cropping and the diversity and function of bacteria in Pahokee Muck.Soil Biol. Biochem. 15: 175-179.18. Carpenter, J.M., W.E. Odum, and A.L. Mills. 1983. Decomposition of leaf litter in a lake receiving acid minedrainage. Oikos. 41:165-172.19. Wassel, R.A., and A.L. Mills. 1983. Changes in water and sediment bacterial community structure in a lakereceiving acid mine drainage. Microb. Ecol. 9:155-169.20. Moses, C.O., D.K. Nordstrom, and A.L. Mills. 1984. Sampling and analyzing mixtures of sulphate, sulphite,thiosulphate, and polythionate. Talanta 31:331-339.21. Mills, A.L. 1984. The behavior of toxic compounds in the environment. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. 4:451-459.22. Mills, A.L., and W.D. Eaton. 1984. Biodegradation of bromobenzene in simulated groundwater conditions. pp.9-13. In Llewellyn, G.C., and C.E. O'Rear (ed.). Biodegradation 6. C.A.B. International, Slough, U.K.23. Herlihy, A.T., and A.L. Mills. 1985. Sulfate reduction in freshwater sediments receiving acid mine drainage.Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:179-186.24. Zieman, J.C., S. Macko, and A.L. Mills. 1985. Role of seagrasses and mangroves in estuarine food webs:Temporal and spatial changes in stable isotope composition and amino acid content during decomposition.Bull. Mar. Sci. 35:380-392.25. Herlihy, A.T., and A.L. Mills. 1986. The pH regime of sediments underlying acidified lakes. Biogeochemistry.2:95-99. Printer's errors corrected 2:377-381.26. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and A.E. Bruckner. 1987. The importance of sediment sulfatereduction to the sulfate budget of an impoundment receiving acid mine drainage. Water Resour. Res. 23:287-292.27. Moses, C.O., D.K. Nordstrom, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1987. Aqueous pyrite oxidation by dissolvedoxygen and by ferric iron. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 51:1561-1571.28. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1987. Inadequacy of cycloheximide inhibition of microeucaryotes in grazingstudies at the sediment-water interface. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1969-1972.29. Mills, A.L., and L. Mallory. 1987. Community structure changes in epilithic bacterial communities stressed byacid mine drainage. Microb. Ecol. 14:219-232.30. Bell, P.E., A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1987. Biogeochemical conditions favoring formation of magnetiteduring anaerobic iron reduction. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:2610-2616.31. Herlihy, L.J., J.N. Galloway, and A.L. Mills. 1987. Bacterial utilization of formic and acetic acid in rainwater.Atmosph. Environ. 21:2397-2402.32. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1987. Tests of the assumptions of the dilution method for estimating grazing bymicroeucaryotes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:2914-2921.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0833. Moses, C.O., A.T. Herlihy, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1988 Ion chromatographic analysis of mixturescontaining ferrous and ferric iron. Talanta 35:15-22.34. Blum, L.K., A.L. Mills, J.C. Zieman, R.T. Zieman. 1988. Abundance of bacteria and fungi in seagrass andmangrove detritus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 42:73-78.35. Lung, W.-S., A.L. Mills, L.A. Movall, and A.T. Herlihy. 1988. Modeling sulfate, pH, and alkalinity in anacidified lake. Water Air Soil Pollut. 37:157-170.36. McIntire, P.E., A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1988. Groundwater lake interactions and the occurrence ofhigh sulfate concentrations at depth in the sediment of Lake Anna, Virginia. Hydrolog. Process 2:207-217.37. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills and J.S. Herman. 1988. Distribution of sulfide minerals resulting from sulfatereduction in sediments of an acidified lake. Appl. Geochem. 3:333-344.38. Bruckner, A.E., G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1989. Field measurement and associated controlling factorsfor groundwater seepage in a piedmont impoundment. Hydrolog. Process. 2:223-235.39. Dean-Ross, D., and A.L. Mills. 1989. Bacterial community structure and function along a heavy metal gradient.Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:2002-2009.40. Herlihy, A.T., and A.L. Mills. 1989. Factors controlling the removal of sulfate and acidity from the waters of anacidified lake. Water Air Soil Pollut. 45:135-155.41. Bell, P.E., A.T. Herlihy and A.L. Mills. 1990. Establishment of anaerobic, reducing conditions in lake sedimentafter deposition of acidic, aerobic sediment after a major storm. Biogeochemistry 9:99-116.42. Scholl, M.A., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1990. The influence of mineralogy and solutionchemistry on attachment of bacteria to representative aquifer materials. J. Contam. Hydrol. 6:331-336.43. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Impact of water column acidification on protozoan bacterivory at thelake sediment-water interface. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:775-784.44. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Microbial activity during the initial stages of decomposition of Zosteramarina in Chesapeake Bay. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.70:73-82.45. Wicks, C.A., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1991. Early diagenesis of sulfur in the sediments of lakes thatreceive acid mine drainage. Appl. Geochem. 6:213-224.46. Fontes, D.E., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1991. Physical and chemical factors influencingtransport of microorganisms through porous media. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2473-2481.47. Garland, J.L., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Classification and characterization of heterotrophic microbial communitieson the basis of patterns of community-level-sole-carbon-source utilization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2351-2359.48. Hornberger, G.M., A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1992. Bacterial transport in porous media: a comparisonbetween model results and laboratory experiment. Water Resour. Res. 28:915-923.49. MacMillin, K. L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 1992. Comparison of bacterial dynamics in tidal creeks of the lowerDelmarva Peninsula, Virginia, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 86:111-121.50. Frye, J.P., A.L. Mills, and W.E. Odum. 1994. Methane flux in Peltandra virginica (Araceae) wetlands:comparison of field data with a mathematical model. Am. J. Bot. 81:407-413.51. Mills, A.L., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and T.H. deJesus. 1994. Effect of solution ionic strength onmineral grains on the sorption of bacterial cells to quartz sand. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:3300-3306.52. Lehman, R.M., and A.L. Mills. 1994. Field evidence for copper mobilization by dissolved organic matter.Water Res. 28:2487-2497.53. Weiss, Th.H., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger.1995. The effect of cell size and cell shape onbacterial retention in sand columns. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29:1737-1740.54. Powelson, D.K., and A.L. Mills. 1996. Bacterial enrichment at the gas water interface. Appl. Environ.Microbiol. 62:2593-2597.55. Kelly, W.R., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1996. Kinetics of BTX biodegradation andmineralization in batch and column systems. J. Contam. Hydrol. 23:113-132.56. Brooks, S.C., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1997. The kinetics of organic ligandbiodegradation in the presence of common sesquioxide grain coatings. J. Environ. Chem. Toxicol. 16:862-870.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0857. Kelly, W.R., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1997. The geochemical effects of benzene, toluene and xylene(BTX) biodegradation. Appl. Geochem. 12:291-303.58. DeFlaun, M. F., Murray, C. J., Holben, W., Scheibe, T., Mills, A. L., Ginn, T., Griffin. T., Majer, E., Wilson,J.L. 1997. Preliminary observations on bacterial transport in a coastal plain aquifer FEMS Microbiol. Rev 20:473-487.59. Bouma, J. E., A. L. Mills, and D. L. Pierson. 1998. Reliability and resilience of populations and metabolicfunctions within defined microbial communities in biological reactors. SAE Technical Paper Series No.981609.60. Bolster, C.H., G. M. Hornberger, A. L. Mills, and J.L. Wilson. 1998. Method for calculating depositioncoefficients using the fraction of bacteria recovered from laboratory columns. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32:1329-1332.61. Knapp, E.P., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1998. The effect of distribution of ironoxyhydroxidegrain coatings on the transport of bacterial cells in porous media. Environ. Geol. 33:243-248.62. Brooks, S.C., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Biodegradation of cobalt-citratecomplexes: implications for cobalt mobility in ground water. J. Contam. Hydrol. 32:99-115.63. Morley, L.M., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1998. Effects of transverse mixing on transportof bacteria through heterogeneous porous media. Water Resour. Res. 34(8):1901-1908.64. Powelson, D. K., and A. L. Mills. 1998. Bacterial transport through sand with variable water saturation andsurfactant concentration. Soil Sci. 163:694-704.65. Kauffman, S.J., C.H. Bolster, G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills 1998. Rate-limited transport ofhydroxyatrazine in an unsaturated soil. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32(20):3137-3141.66. Franklin, R.B., D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills. 1999. Characterization of microbial communities using randomlyamplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). J. Microbiolog. Meth. 3:225-235.67. Bolster, C.H., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1999. The spatial distribution of depositedbacteria following miscible displacement experiments in intact cores. Water Resour. Res. 35:1797-1807.68. Johnson, S. E., J. S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G. M. Hornberger. 1999. Bioavailability and desorptioncharacteristics of aged, nonextractable atrazine in soil. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18:1747-1754.69. Garland, J.L., A.L. Mills, A. Morales, and K. Cook. 1999. Survival of human-associated bacteria in prototypeadvanced life support systems. SAE Technical Paper Series No. 1999-01-2061.70. Franklin, R.B., D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills.1999. The distribution of microbial communities in anaerobic andaerobic zones of a shallow coastal plain aquifer. Microb. Ecol. 38:377-386.71. Bolster, C.H., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 2000. Effect of intra-population variability onthe long-distance transport of bacteria. Ground Water 38(3): 370-375.72. Lowit, M., L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 2000. Sources of variability in the community level physiologicalprofiles of environmental samples. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 32(2): 97-102.73. Sprague, L.A., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 2000. Atrazine adsorption and colloidfacilitatedtransport through the unsaturated zone. J. Environ. Qual. 29(5): 1632-1641.74. Franklin, R.B., J.L. Garland, C. H. Bolster, and A.L. Mills. 2001. The impact of dilution on microbialcommunity structure and functional potential: a comparison of numerical simulations and batch cultureexperiments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67(2):702-712.75. Powelson, D.K., and A.L. Mills. 2001 Transport of Escherichia coli in saturated, unsaturated and variablyunsaturated sand columns. J. Environ. Qual. 31:238-245.76. Garland, J. L. Mills, A.L., and J.S. Young. 2001. Analysis of methods for numerical analysis of communitylevelphysiological profiling of bacterial communities. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33:1059-1066.77. Bolster, C.H., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 2001. Effect of surface coatings, grain size, andionic strength on the maximum attainable fractional surface coverage of bacteria on sand surfaces. J. Contam.Hydrol. 50:287-305.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0878. Knapp, E. P., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 2002. Alteration of reactive mineral surfaces inanaerobic groundwater systems. Appl. Geochem. 17:387-398.79. Kish, A.L., M.P. Hummerick, M.S. Roberts, J.L. Garland, S. Maxwell, and A.L. Mills. 2002. Biostability andmicrobiological analysis of shuttle crew refuse. SAE Technical Paper Series No.021CES-113.80. Franklin, R.B., L.K Blum, A. McComb, and A.L. Mills. 2002. A geostatistical analysis of small-scale spatialvariability in bacterial abundance and community structure in salt-marsh creek bank sediments. FEMSMicrobiol. Ecol. 42:71-80.81. Mills, A.L. 2003. Keeping in touch: microbial association with soil particles. Adv. Agron. 78:1-43.82. Mills, A.L., J.S. Herman, R.M. Ford, and G.M. Hornberger. 2003. Functional redundancy promotes functionalstability in diverse microbial bioreactor communities. SAE Technical Paper Series No.2003-01-2509.83. Garland, J.L., M.S Roberts, L.F. Levine, and A.L. Mills. 2003. Community-level physiological profilingperformed with an oxygen-sensitive fluorophore in a microtiter plate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2994-2998.84. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2003. Multi-scale variation in spatial heterogeneity for microbial communitystructure in an eastern Virginia agricultural field. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 44:335-346.85. Herman, J. S., and A. L. Mills. 2003. Biological and hydrogeological interactions affect the persistence of 17βestradiolin an agricultural watershed. Geobiology. 1:141-151.86. Kang, S., and A.L. Mills. 2004. Microbial community structure changes following disturbance in the overlyingplant community. Soil Sci. 169 (1):55-65.87. Roberts, M.S., J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. 2004. Microbial astronauts: assembling microbial communities forAdvanced Life Support Systems. Microb. Ecol. 47(2):137-149.88. Peterson, B.V., M. Hummerick, M.S. Roberts, V. Krumins, A.L. Kish, J.L. Garland, S. Maxwell, and A.L.Mills. 2004. Characterization of microbial and chemical composition of shuttle wet waste with permanent gasand volatile organic compound analyses. Adv. Space Res. 34:1470-1476.89. Blum, L.K., M.S. Roberts, J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. 2004. Microbial communities among the dominanthigh marsh plants and associated sediments of the United States East Coast. Microb. Ecol. 48(3): 375-388.90. Franklin, R. B., and A.L. Mills. 2006. Structural and functional responses of a sewage microbial community todilution-induced reductions in diversity. Microb. Ecol. 52(2):280-288.91. Kang, S., and A.L. Mills. 2006. The effect of sample size in studies of soil microbial community structure. J.Microbial Meth. 66:242-250.92. Roberts, M.S., R.M. Sumner, and A.L. Mills. 2006. Microbiological sampling of the Multi-Purpose LogisticsModule from Return to Flight Mission ISS LF-1/STS-114. SAE Technical Paper Series No.2006-01-2159.93. Gu, C., G. M. Hornberger, A. L. Mills, J. S Herman, and S. A. Flewelling 2007, Nitrate reduction in streambedsediments: Effects of flow and biogeochemical kinetics, Water Resour. Res., 43, W12413,doi:10.1029/2007WR006027.94. Gu, C., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman.2008. The effect of freshets on the flux of groundwaternitrate through streambed sediments. Water Resour. Res. 44, W05415, doi:10.1029/2007WR006488.95. Gu, C., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman. In press. Influence of stream-groundwater interactions inthe streambed sediments on NO 3 - flux to a low-relief coastal stream. Water Resour. Res.96. Kang, S., and A.L. Mills. In Review. Relationship of soil microbial community structure and soil characteristicsin vertical profiles in a managed meadow. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY IN PREPARATION:1. Flewelling, S.A., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 2009. The spatial distribution of groundwatertravel time through the streambed and its effect on nitrate fluxes to a coastal stream.2. Flewelling, S.A., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 2009. The effect of riparianevapotranspiration on groundwater flow and implications for diurnal nitrate signals.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/083. Flewelling, S.A., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 2009. Catchment-scale nitrogen dynamics inthe mid-atlantic coastal plain4. Franklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills. The role of spatial variability in analysis of microbial community patterns: usingmulti-scale analysis to compare community structure and soil environmental properties in an agricultural field.Anticipated submission to: Soil Biology and Biochemistry.5. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. Considering the effect of ecological isolation on the development and stabilityof complex microbial communities. Anticipated submission to: Ecology.6. Franklin, R.B., J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. Microbial ecology of insular systems: how do immigration ratesand source community diversity influence the development of stable communities? Anticipated submission to:Microbial Ecology.7. Franklin, R.B., A.L. Giannotti, T.N. Tysall, and A.L. Mills. Geomicrobiology of underwater caves associatedwith four central Florida springs. Anticipated submission to: FEMS Microbiology Ecology.BOOKS:1. Hurst, C.J., R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, and L.D. Stetzenbach. 2006. Manual ofEnvironmental Microbiology, 3 rd Edition, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-55581-379-62. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2007. Distribution of microbes and microbial communities. Springer,Dordrecht. 333 pp.BOOK CHAPTERS:1. Mills, A.L. 1985. Acid mine waste drainage: Microbial impact on the recovery of soil and water ecosystems. p35-81. In R.L. Tate and D. Klein (eds.). Soil Reclamation Processes. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.2. Mills, A.L., and A.T. Herlihy. 1985. Microbial ecology and acidic pollution of impoundments. pp.169-189. InD. Gunnison (ed.) Microbial Processes in Reservoirs. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.3. Mills, A.L., and P.E. Bell. 1986. Determination of individual organisms and their activities in situ. p. 27. InR.L. Tate (ed.) Microbial Autecology. Wiley Interscience.4. Zieman, J.C., S.A. Macko, and A.L. Mills. 1987. Sources of biochemical oxygen demand in the ChesapeakeBay: the role of macrophyte detritus and decomposition processes. p. 61-74. In G.B. Mackiernan (ed.),Dissolved Oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay: Processes and Effects. Maryland Sea Grant Publication UM-SG-TS-87-03. University of Maryland, College Park, Md.5. Mills, A.L., P.E. Bell, and A.T. Herlihy. 1989. Microbes, sediments and acidified waters: The importance ofbiological buffering. pp.1-19. In S.S. Rao (ed.) Acid Stress and Aquatic Microbial Interactions. CRC Press,Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.6. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1989. Protozoan Bacterivory in Acidified Waters: Methods of Analysis and theEffect of pH. pp.145-169. In S.S. Rao (ed.) Acid Stress and Aquatic Microbial Interactions. CRC Press, Inc.,Boca Raton, Fla.7. Mills, A. L., Fontes, D. E., Hornberger, G. M., and Herman, J. S. 1993. Physical and chemical controls on theadvective transport of bacteria. In J. F. McCarthy and F. J. Wobber (Eds.), Concepts for ManipulatingGroundwater Colloids for Environmental Restoration (pp. 75-80) Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea MI.(Meeting in Manteo, NC, October 15-18, 1990.)8. Mills, A.L., and J.E. Saiers. 1993. Particle associated transport of pollutants in subsurface environments.pp.105-126. In S.S. Rao (ed.) Particulate matter and Aquatic Contaminants. Lewis Publishers, Inc. Boca Raton,FL.9. Garland, J.L., and A.L. Mills. 1994. A community-level physiological approach for studying microbialcommunities. p. 77-83. In K. Ritz, J. Dighton, and K.E. Giller. Beyond the Biomass: Compositional andfunctional analysis of soil microbial communities. John Wiley & Sons. Chichister, U.K.10. Mills, A.L. and D.K. Powelson. 1996. Bacterial interactions with surfaces in soil. pp. 25-57 In Fletcher, M.(ed.) Molecular and Ecological Diversity of Bacterial Adhesion. Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0811. Mills, A.L. 1996. Metal requirements and tolerance. p 349-357. In C.H. Hurst (ed.) Manual of EnvironmentalMicrobiology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.12. Mills, A.L. 1997. Microbial movement in the subsurface. p 223-241. In. Amy, P.S., and D.H. Haldeman (ed.)Microbial Ecology of the Terrestrial Subsurface. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.13. Mills, A. L. and J. E. Bouma. 1997. Strain and function stability in gnotobiotic reactors. p. 184-194. In: InsamH., and A. Rangger (ed.) Microbial Communities: Functional Versus Structural and Genetic Approaches.Springer,14. Mills, A.L. 1999. The role of bacteria in environmental geochemistry. p. 125-132. In Plumlee, G.S., and M.H.Logsdon (ed.) Reviews in Economic Geology, v.6, Society of Economic Geologists.15. Grimes, D.J., A.L. Mills, and K. Nealson. 2000. The role of uncultured bacteria in geochemical cycling. pp.209-227. In. Colwell R.R. and D.J. Grimes (ed.). Viable but Unculturable Bacteria. ASM Press, Washington,D.C.16. Mills, A.L. and J.L. Garland. 2002. Application of physiological profiles to assessment of communityproperties. p. 135-146. In C.H. Hurst (ed.) Manual of Environmental Microbiology. American Society forMicrobiology, Washington, D.C.17. Mills, A.L. 2002. Metal requirements and tolerance. p 456-465. In C.H. Hurst (ed.) Manual of EnvironmentalMicrobiology, 2 nd edition. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.18. Ogram, A., Bridgham, S., Corstanje, R., Drake, H., Küsel, K., Mills, A., Newman, S., Portier, K., Wetzel, R.2006. Linkages between microbial diversity and biogeochemical processes across scales .p. 239-269. InBobbink, R., Beltman, B., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Whigham, D.F. (ed.) Wetlands as a Natural Resource. Volume 2:Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity, conservation, and restoration. ISBN: 3-540-33188-3.19. Franklin, R.B., and A. L. Mills. 2007. Spatial distribution of microbes and microbial communities. p. 1-30. InFranklin, R.B. and A.L. Mills (ed.) Distribution of microbes and microbial communities in space. Springer,Dordrecht.20. Franklin, R.B., and A. L. Mills. 2007. Quantitative analysis of microbial distributions. p. 31-60. In Franklin,R.B. and A.L. Mills (ed.) Distribution of microbes and microbial communities in space. Springer, Dordrecht.21. Garland, J.L., Campbell, C.D., and A.L. Mills. 2006. Physiological profiling of microbial communities. In.Hurst, C.J., R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, and L.D. Stetzenbach (ed.). Manual ofEnvironmental Microbiology, 3 rd edition. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.22. Harvey, R.W., J. Suflita, M. McInerney, and A.L. Mills. 2006. Overview of issues in subsurface and landfillmicrobiology. In. Hurst, C.J., R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, and L.D. Stetzenbach(ed.). Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3 rd edition. American Society for Microbiology, Washington,D.C.23. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 2008. Microbial Communities and Activities in Estuaries. In Day, J.W., EstuarineEcology, 2 nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.24. McGlathery, K., P.S. Wiberg, and A.L. Mills. 2009. Mainland watersheds and lagoons, In McGlathery, K., andB.P. Hayden (eds.). Dynamics of the Coastal Lagoon Complex. Oxford University Press.OTHER JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS1. Mills, A.L. 1994. Soil Microbial Ecology, F.B. Metting (ed.). Soil Science 157:195-198. (Book Review)2. Mills, A. L. 1997. Introduction to Environmental Technology, Ann Boyce. Waste Management. (Book Review)3. Garland, J.L. and A.L. Mills. 1999. Importance of pattern analysis in community-level physiological profiles(CLPP): a reply to the letter from P.J.A. Howard. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:1201-1202.4. Garland, J.L. and A.L. Mills. 1999. Further comments on the interpretation of community-level physiologicalprofiles. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:1203.5. Bolster, C.H., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, and J.L. Wilson. 1999. Response to 'Comment on "Method forcalculating deposition coefficients using the fraction of bacteria recovered from laboratory columns." ' Environ.Sci. Technol. 33:1318-1319.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08PUBLISHED SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS:1. Bruckner, A.E., G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1984. Groundwater seepage in a piedmont impoundment.Practical applications of groundwater models. Proceedings of the National Meeting on Groundwater Modeling,published by the National Water Well Association. pp 570 - 583.2. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills, and W.S. Lung. 1988. Modeling sulfate retention in a lake receiving acid minedrainage. 1988 Mine Drainage and Reclamation Conference. U.S. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh, PA.3. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, J.E. Saiers, and D.E. Fontes. 1991. Bacterial transport inheterogenous porous media, p. 7-129 to 7-139. In C.B. Fliermans and T.C. Hazen (eds.), Proceedings of theFirst International Symposium on Microbiology of the Deep Subsurface. January 15-19, 1990, Orlando,Florida. WSRC Information Services, Aiken, S.C.4. Mills, A.L., and S.E. Randall. 1991. Abundance and distribution of microbial guilds in a subsurface plume ofgasoline contamination in Galloway Township, New Jersey, pp. 263-267. in Mallard, G.E., and D.A. Aronson,ed., Proceedings of the Toxic Substances Hydrology Meeting, Monterey, California, March 1991:U.S.Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4034.5. Mills, A.L., and A. Callaghan. 1996. Biological removal of nitrate from ground water in a shallow coastal plainaquifer. pp. 12. In, Flint, W. (ed). Natural Resource Values and Vulnerabilities: The Second Virginia EasternShore Natural Resources Symposium. The Eastern Shore Institute, Exmore, VA. TESI Publication #4.6. Richardson, R.L., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 2000. Effect of Humic Material onInteractions Between Bacterial Cells and Mineral Surfaces. LMECOLReport #2000-01. Laboratory ofMicrobial Ecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T13-Richardson.pdf7. Herman, J.S., A.L. Mills, and I.M. Cozzarelli. 2001. Microbially mediated alteration of iron mineral phases incontaminated sedimentary aquifers. In Cidu, R. (ed.) Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium onWater-Rock Interaction, WRI-10. A. A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands. 2:1441-1444.http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T41-Herman.pdf8. Mills, A.L. 2002. Microbes and energy acquisition in subterranean habitats. In Martin, J. B., C.M. Wicks, andI.D. Sasowsky (eds.) Hydrogeology and Biology of Post-Paleozoic Carbonate Aquifers, Proceedings of theKarst Waters Institute, Charles Town, WV. Pp 85-86. (Invited, keynote address)http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T8-Mills_Kwi.pdf9. Mills, A. L., G. M. Hornberger, and J. S. Herman. 2002. Small falling-head devices to determine thedistribution of K s in porous media. LMECOLReport #2002-01. Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, University ofVirginia, Charlottesville, VA. http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T9-Mills_KSyr.pdf10. Battistelli, J.M, and A.L. Mills. 2008. Implications of the spatial distribution of nitrifiers in advanced lifesupport systems. Proceedings of the Annual Virginia Space Grant Consortium Research Conference. Norfolk,VA.11. Herman, J. S., A. L. Mills, G. M. Hornberger, A. C. Sofranko, and M. S. Olson . 2008. Quantifying nitrate fluxduring storm events. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008, AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers, Honolulu, HI. http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T15-%20Herman%20et%20al%20Hawaii_08_storm.pdf12. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 2008. Sediments in low-relief coastal streams as effectivefilters of agricultural nitrate. Proceedings of the AWRA Specialty Conference. American Water ResourcesAssociation, Norfolk, VA. http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/~alm7d/pubs/T16-Mills et al_AWRA_08.pdfOTHER REPORTS1. Mills, A.L. 1984. Mitigation of acid mine drainage in lakes by bacterial sulfate reduction. Chapter in EPAmonograph on the use of wetlands for mitigation of acid mine drainage. Edited by WAPORA, Inc.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/082. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1986. Evaluation of the literature on the role of microorganisms in the productionof dissolved organic matter and mobilization of contaminants in dissolved organic form from flooded soils andsediments. Report to Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.3. Mills, A.L., M. Lehman, and L.K. Blum. 1990. The effect of microbial formation of dissolved organic matteron mobilization of copper from reservoir sediments. Final Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss.4. Herman, J.S., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, J.R. Hoelscher, S.C. Brooks, A.E. Clark, C.H. Hall. 1990.Cheatham Annex Project. Final Report to the Virginia Department of Waste Management.5. Brooks, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Influence of inorganic fertilizer amendment on the fate of polynuclearAromatic Hydrocarbons in soil: Results of the bench-scale bioremediation feasibility study for the L.A. Clarkesite, Fredricksburg, VA. Final report submitted to Hydrosystems, Inc., Sterling, VA.6. Mills, A.L. 1998. Analysis of Methods for Numerical Analysis Of Community-Level Physiological Profiling OfBacterial Communities. Final Report for Dynamac Corp. Kennedy Space Center, FL.7. Mills, A. L. 2004. The use of the moon as a testbed for Mars exploration. White paper prepared for NASAExplorations Systems Strategic Planning Group.8. Quincy, C. D., and A.L. Mills. Use of bioregenerative systems to reduce system mass and supply needs fromearth for lunar and Martian missions. White paper prepared for NASA Explorations Systems Strategic PlanningGroup.PRESENTATIONS: Over 200 invited and contributed papers at national and international scientific meetings.INVITED PRESENTATIONS:1. Colwell, R.R., A.L. Mills, J.D. Walker, P. Garcia-Tello, and V. Campos-P. 1977. The microbial ecology of theMETULA oil spill. Invited paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,Symposium on Disturbed Environments.2. Colwell, R.R., A.L. Mills, and J.D. Walker. 1978. Microbial ecology studies of the METULA spill in theStraits of Magellan. Presented at the Symposium on "Recovery of Oiled Northern Environments." CanadaEnvironmental Protection Service, Transport Canada, and the Petroleum Association for the Conservation ofthe Canadian Environment.3. Mills, A.L. 1981. Recovery of aquatic communities affected by mine drainage. Invited paper presented at theAnnual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Symposium on Reclamation of DisturbedEnvironments.4. Mills, A.L., and N.C. Pien. 1981. The effect of sulfate input from an acid mine stream on anaerobicmetabolism in freshwater lake sediments. Presented at a symposium on environmental problems of the regionat a joint meeting of the D.C., Virginia, and North Carolina branches of the American Society forMicrobiology.5. Mills, A.L. 1982. Alteration of anaerobic decomposition pathways by sulfate from acid mine pollution. Invitedpaper presented at a symposium on "Acidic Pollutants and Their Effects on Environmental MicrobialProcesses". Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.6. Mills, A.L. 1982. Behavior of toxic compounds in the environment. Presented at a Seminar on Occupationaland Environmental Health Hazards, Stoneburner Lecture Series, Sponsored by the Medical College ofVirginia.7. Mills, A.L. 1984. Acidification of reservoirs. Invited paper presented at a symposium on "Microbial Ecologyof Impoundments". Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.8. Mills, A.L., and W.D. Eaton. 1984. Effect of particles on degradation of bromobenzene in a simulatedgroundwater environment. Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Biodegradation andBiodeterioration.9. Tremaine S.C. and A.L. Mills. 1986. Protozoan grazing at the sediment-water interface in an acidified lake.4th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0810. Mills, A.L., A.T. Herlihy, and P.E. Bell. 1986. Biological buffering in acidified aquatic systems. 4thInternational Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.11. Mills, A.L. 1986. Power calculations in hypothesis testing of microbiological data. 4th InternationalSymposium on Microbial Ecology, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.12. Mills, A.L., A.T. Herlihy, and P.E. Bell. 1987. The importance of sediment microorganisms in the biologicalbuffering of an acidified lake. Symposium on acidified aquatic environments, Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.13. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1988. Protozoan grazing of bacteria in lake sediment-water systems.Symposium on Microbial Food Webs in Freshwaters and Soils. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.14. Mills, A.L. and P.E. Bell. 1988. Iron reduction in sediments: additional biological buffering in acidifed lakes.Symposium on Iron Biogeochemistry in Freshwater and Marine Sediments. Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys.Union / Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. EOS 69:1147.15. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills, and George Hornberger. 1989. Biological neutralization in the sediments of acidifiedreservoirs. Symposium on Southeastern Impoundments, Annual Meeting Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.16. Mills, A.L., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger. 1990. Factors affecting transport of bacterial cells in porous media.U.S. DOE/OHER Subsurface Science Program Meeting. Germantown, Md.17. Mills, A.L., D.E. Fontes, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1990. Physical and chemical controls on theadvective transport of bacteria. U.S. Dept. of Energy Symposium on Colloid Transport in the Subsurface,Manteo N.C.18. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1993. Bacterial surface - mineral surface interactions and thetransport of bacteria in porous media. Session on Transport of Microorganisms in Aquifers. Spring Meeting,American Geophysical Union.19. Mills, A.L., S.C. Brooks, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1995. The kinetics of organic ligandbiodegradation in the presence of common sesquioxide grain coatings. Dept. of Defense Tri-ServicesWorkshop on Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Soils and Sediments.20. Herman, J.S., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and E.P. Knapp. 1995. The role of sand grain coatings and cellsurfaceproperties in determining bacterial attacment to aquifer solids. Dept. of Defense Tri-ServicesWorkshop on Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Soils and Sediments.21. Ford, R.M. and A.L. Mills. 1996. In situ bioremediation of cresosote contaminated sediments in the ElizabethRiver. Presented at the Elizabeth River Restoration Project, Norfolk, VA, June 21, 199622. Mills, A.L., and J.E. Bouma. 1996. Strain and function stability in gnotobiotic reactors. Presented at“SUBMECO: Substrate Use for Characterization of Microbial Communities in Terrestrial Ecosystems.”Innsbruck, Austria.23. Mills, A.L., and A. Callaghan. 1996. Biological removal of nitrate from ground water in a shallow coastal plainaquifer. Proceeding of the Eastern Shore Natural Resources Symposium. Cape Charles VA.24. Herman, J.S., A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1997. Transport of bacteria in groundwater: the role ofmineralogy and groundwater chemistry. Presented at the 1997 meeting Geological Society of America (meetingconcurrent with Mineralogical Society of America), Denver, CO.25. Mills, A. L. 1998. Hydrologic and geochemical controls on bacterial transport in the subsurface. Presented in aspecial symposium on Bacterial Transport in Subsurface Environments, General Meeting of the Am. Soc.Microbiol., Atlanta, GA.26. Ford, R.M., A.L. Mills, J. Vallino, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 2001. Response of a diverse microbialcommunity to a changing redox environment. Presented at Biochemical Engineering XII: Back to the Future:Application of Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals to Modern Problems. United Engineering Foundation,Sonoma, CA June 10-15.27. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, M.J. Chauhan, and H.S. Galavotti. 2002. Hyporheic Zones inCoastal Streams: Filters for Removal of Agricultural Nitrate. Winter Meeting American Geophysical Union.San Francisco, Dec 7-11.28. Mills, A.L. 2004. Spatial distribution of microbial community structure and function at the cm scale:implications for landscape scale phenomena. Symposium on Spatial Scaling in Microbial Ecology, GeneralMeeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0829. Mills, A.L. 2004. Biogeography of microbial communities associated with the dominant high-marsh plants andsediments of the United States East Coast. The 7th Intecol International Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, TheNetherlands.30. Mills, A.L. 2005. Ecological processes in spaceships other than Earth: Listen to your mother. Keynote address,11 th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Orlando, FL.CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:1. Mills, A.L., and M. Alexander. 1975. Formation of dimethylnitrosamine from dimethylamine and nitrite. Abstr.Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.2. Mills, A.L., and R.R. Colwell. 1976. Effects of metal ions on selected microorganisms and microbial processesin Chesapeake Bay. Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society.3. Wickramasinghe, R.H., A.L. Mills, R.R. Colwell, A. Shimoyama, C. Ponnamperuma, and J.D. Walker. 1977.Studies of persistence of oil pollution in the Straits of Magellan after the METULA spill. Presented at theMiddle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.4. Allen, D.A., B. Austin, A.L. Mills, and R.R. Colwell. 1977. Numerical taxonomy of heavy-metal tolerantbacteria isolated from the estuarine environment. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.5. Berk, S.G., A.L. Mills, D.R. Hendricks, and R.R. Colwell. 1978. Effects of ingesting mercury-containingbacteria on mercury tolerance and growth rates of ciliates. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the AmericanSociety of Protozoology. Abstract appears J. Protozool. 12:25A.6. Mills, A.L. 1979. Methodology for the quantitative evaluation of microbial diversity. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am.Soc. Microbiol.7. Mills, A.L. and R.A. Wassel. 1979. The effects of dilute acid mine water on bacterial community structure in afreshwater lake. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.8. Pien, N.C., R.A. Wassel, and A.L. Mills. 1980. Factors affecting the distribution of sulfur cycling bacteria in afreshwater lake receiving acid mine drainage. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.9. Maubrey, R., and A.L. Mills. 1980. Factors affecting microbial colonization of natural mineral substrates.Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.10. Wassel, R.A., and A.L. Mills. 1980. The response of freshwater microbial communities to dilute acid minedrainage. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.11. Robertson, M.L., A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1980. Microbial conversion of seagrass derived dissolvedorganic material into detritus-like particles. Presented at the Fall Meeting of the Atlantic Estuarine ResearchSociety.12. Baker, K.H., and A.L. Mills. 1981. Determination of the number of respiring Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in anacid impacted stream using combined fluorescent- antibody-2- (p-iodophenyl) -3- (p-nitrophenyl) -5-phenyltetrazolium chloride staining (FAINT). Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.13. Wassel, R.A., and A.L. Mills. 1981. The ecological condition of bacterial communities in a lake receiving acidmine pollution. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Sciences.14. Robertson, M.L., A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1982. Effects of plant species and environmental setting on themicrobial decomposition of tropical seagrasses. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.15. Scala, G., A.L. Mills, C.O. Moses, and D.K. Nordstrom. 1982. Distribution of autotrophic Fe and sulfuroxidizing bacteria in mine drainage from several sulfide deposits measured with the FAINT assay. Abstr. Annu.Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.16. Robertson, M.L., A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1982. Microbial abundance and activity associated with tropicalseagrasses decomposing in two environments. Presented at the Spring Meeting, Atlantic Estuarine ResearchSociety.17. Moses, C.O., D.K. Nordstrom, and A.L. Mills. 1982. Sampling and analyzing mixtures of sulfoxyanions inaqueous systems. Presented at the 24th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference, Sponsored by the RockyMountain Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and the Rocky Mountain ChromatographyDiscussion Group.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0818. Carpenter, J., W.E. Odum, and A.L. Mills. 1983. Leaf litter decomposition in a freshwater lake receiving acidmine drainage. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.19. Eaton, W.D., and A.L. Mills. 1983. Effect of particles on the degradation of bromobenzene in simulatedgroundwater. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.20. Mills, A.L. 1983. The microbial role in the homeostatic recovery of acidified freshwater lakes. ThirdInternational Symposium on Microbial Ecology, East Lansing, Michigan.21. Herlihy, A.T., and A.L. Mills. 1984. Sulfate reduction in sediments receiving acid mine drainage. Abstr. Annu.Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.22. Snyder, R.L., and A.L. Mills. 1984. Freshwater acetate turnover along a sulfate gradient. Abstr. Annu. Meet.Am. Soc. Microbiol.23. Rastetter, E.B., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, and A.T. Herlihy. 1984. Mathematical model of verticalstratification in a lake receiving acid mine drainage. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.24. Bruckner, A.E., G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1984. Groundwater seepage in a piedmont impoundment.Presented at the National Meeting on Groundwater Modelling, sponsored by the National Water WellAssociation.25. Snyder, R.L., and A.L. Mills. 1984. Carbon and electron flow in high sulfate freshwater sediments. Annualmeeting of the Virginia Branch, American Society for Microbiology.26. Herlihy, A.T., and A.L. Mills. 1984. Sulfate reduction in high sulfate freshwater sediments. Annual meeting ofthe Virginia Branch, American Society for Microbiology.27. Mills, A.L., P.E. Bell and S.C. Tremaine. 1985. Use of immunofluorescent and cell specific activity techniquesin studying bacterial populations in situ. Presented at International Symposium on Aquatic Microbiology.Burlington, Ontario.28. Jolley, L.A., A.L. Mills, and J.N. Galloway. 1985. Evidence for the presence of fatty acid oxidizing bacteria inprecipitation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science.29. Lennox (Blum), L.B., A.L. Mills, J.C. Zieman and R.T. Zieman. 1985. Relative contribution of bacteria andfungi to detritus from seagrasses and mangroves. Annual Meeting Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.30. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1985. Protozoan grazing on bacteria from the sediment-water interface of anacid mine drainage lake. Annual Meeting. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.31. Bell, P.E., A.T. Herlihy, and A.L. Mills. 1985. Establishment of anaerobic metabolism in storm-depositedreservoir sediments. Joint meeting of the DC/VA/NC Branches, Am. Soc. Microbiol.32. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1985. The rate of protozoan grazing on bacteria in an acid lake. Joint meetingof the DC/VA/NC Branches, Am. Soc. Microbiol.33. Moses, C.O., D.K. Nordstrom, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1985. Inititation of aqueous pyrite oxidation bydissolved oxygen and ferric iron. Annual Meeting. Geolog. Soc. Amer. Abstracts 17:669-670.34. Mills, A.L., A.T. Herlihy, S.C. Tremaine, P.E. Bell, and P.E. McIntire. 1986. Carbon and sulfur cycles in highsulfatefreshwater sediments. 4th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.35. Bell, P.E., A.T. Herlihy, and A.L. Mills. 1986. Perturbation and recovery of anaerobic microbial communitymetabolism in storm-deposited reservoir sediments. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.36. Jolley, L.A., A.L. Mills, and J.N. Galloway. 1986. Bacterial oxidation of acetate and formate in Virginiaprecipitation. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.37. Tremaine, S.C. and A.L. Mills. 1986. Protozoan grazing at the sediment-water interface of Lake Anna,Virginia: Contribution of the total bacterial community. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.38. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. MIlls, G.M. Hornberger and A.E. Bruckner. 1986. Quantitative role of sulfate reduction inthe recovery of an acidified lake. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.39. Mills, A.L., P. Bell, and A.T. Herlihy. 1986. Rapid recovery of anaerobic bacterial communities after burial byoxidized acidic sediments. ASM/CSM Joint Symposium on the Effect of Environmental Stress on MicrobialCommunities.40. Bell, P.E., A.T. Herlihy, and A.L. Mills. 1986. Establishment of acid neutralizing conditions by anaerobicbacteria in storm-deposited acidic sediments. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0841. Blum, L.K., V. Vallastro, A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1986. Microbial abundance and productivity inestuarine detritus. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.42. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, A.E. Bruckner. 1986. Role of sulfate reduction in the removal ofcontamination from the waters of an impoundment receiving acid mine drainage. Ann. Meet. Am. Geophys.Union. EOS 67:272.43. Vallastro, V.J., L.K. Blum, A.L. Mills, and J.C. Zieman. 1986. Assessment of bacterial productivity associatedwith decomposing estuarine macrophytes. Annual Meeting Atlantic Estuarine Research Society.44. Lung, W.-S., Movall, L.A., A.L. Mills, and A.T. Herlihy. 1986. Modeling sulfate, pH, and alkalinity in anacidified lake. Ann. Meet. Am. Geophys. Union.45. McIntire, P.E., A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1987. A groundwater seepage meter for use in lakes withlow groundwater flow and high biogenic gas production. Ann. Meet. Am. Geophys. Union.46. Vallastro, V.J., A.L. Mills, L.K. Blum, and J.C. Zieman. 1987. Bacterial productivity and abundance associatedwith detritus production in submerged sites in the York River estuary. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol.Oceanogr.47. McIntire, P.E. A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1987. Groundwater seepage and porewaterchemistry in sediments of an acidified lake. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.48. Herlihy, A.T., A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1987. Distribution of reduced sulfur compounds in lake sedimentsreceiving acid mine drainage. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.49. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1987. Protozoan grazing at the sediment-water interface: tests of the criticalassumptions of the dilution technique. Abstr. Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.50. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1987. Changes in microbial abundance and activity during the initiation of seagrassdecomposition. Presented at Biennial Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation, New Orleans, La.51. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1987. Protozoan grazing on bacteria at the sediment-water interface: evaluationof dilution, filtration, and inhibition techniques. Presented at Biennial Meeting of the Estuarine ResearchFederation, New Orleans, La.52. Wicks, C.M., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and J.P Schubert. 1988. Iron monosulfide formation in lake sedimentsthat receive acid mine drainage. 1988 Mine Drainage Reclamation Conference, Pittsburgh.53. McIntire, P.E., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1988. Sources of sulfate in deep sediments ofan acidified lake: chemical and isotopic evidence. 1988 Annual Research Forum, Virginia Water ResourcesCenter, Richmond.54. Bell, P.E., and A.L. Mills. 1988. Reduction of iron in acid lake sediments. 1988 Annual Research Forum,Virginia Water Resources Center, Richmond.55. Bell, P.E., and A.L. Mills. 1988. Contributions of iron and sulfate reduction to alkalinity generation in a lakereceiving acid mine drainage. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.56. Mills, A.L., and A.T. Herlihy. 1988 The role of iron in controlling the removal of sulfate and acidity from theaters of an acidified lake. Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union / Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. EOS 69:1147.57. Scholl, M.A., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1988. Geochemical influences on bacterialattachment to aquifer materials. Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union / Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. EOS69:117858. Mills, A.L., and P.E. McIntire. 1988. Groundwater seepage and sulfur diagenesis in acidified lake sediments.Fall Meeting, Am. Geophys. Union / Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. EOS 69:1179.59. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1988. Microbial activity associated with decaying seagrasses during short-term(14-day) incubations. Fall Meeting Atlant. Estuar. Res. Soc.60. Scholl, M.A., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1989. Effect of porewater chemistry on retentionof bacteria in porous media. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. (N-36).61. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1989. Microbial growth and activity during the initial stages (14 days) of seagrassdecomposition. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. (N-108).62. Tremaine, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1989. The role of sediment microbial food webs in the recovery of acidifiedlakes. International Society for Limnology (S.I.L.) Munich, F.R.G.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0863. Blum, L.K., and A.L. Mills. 1989. Microbial oxygen consumption and growth during the initial stages ofseagrass decomposition. Estuar. Res. Fed. Meet., Baltimore Md.64. Garland, J.L., and A.L. Mills. 1990. Development of a rapid, functionally-based method for the determinationof microbial community structure. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.65. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, J.E. Saiers, and D.E. Fontes. 1990. Transport of bacteria throughheterogenous porous media. 1st Internationl Symposium on Microbiology of the Deep Subsurface. Jan 15-19,Orlando Florida.66. Tremaine,S.C. and A.L. Mills. 1990. Protozoan Bacterivory at the sediment-water interface of an acid lake:impact of bacterial alkalinity generation. 5th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sedimentsand Water. Uppsala, Sweden.67. Saiers, J.E., D.E. Fontes, G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. Transport of bacteria and chloridethrough heterogenous porous media. Spring Meet. Am. Geophys Union.68. Kelly, W., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1990. Aerobic benzene degradation and resulting chemical changes ingroundwater: a laboratory column study. Spring Meet. Am. Geophys Union.69. Blum, L.K. and A.L. Mills. 1990. The impact of sediment-generated dissolved organic carbon on water columnoxygen demand. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.70. Mills, A.L., L.K. Blum, and L. M. Lagera. 1990. Distribution of bacterial abundance and activity in theVirginia Coastal Lagoon. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.71. Lagera, L.M., A.L. Mills, and L. K. Blum. 1990. Comparison of nutrient distribution and bacterial activity onthe Bay and seaside waters of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr.72. Kelly, W., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1990. Geochemical changes resulting from biolodegradation ofaromatic hydrocarbons: a laboratory study. Abstr. Ann. Meet. Geolog. Soc. Am. 22(7), A296.73. Garland, J.L., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Classification and characterization of microbial communities based onpatterns of carbon source utilization. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.74. Brooks, S.C., and A.L. Mills. 1991. Biodegradation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in nonsterile soilby the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium Burds. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. (Abstract No.)Q77, 289.75. Lehman, M., and A.L. Mills. 1991. The role of microbially-generated dissolved organic matter in themobilization of copper from reservoir sediments. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.76. Kelly, W.R., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1991. Geochemical changes resulting from biodegradation ofaromatic hydrocarbons: a laboratory study. Ann. Meet. Am. Geophys. Union.77. MacMillin, K. L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 1992. Bacterial biomass and abundance: comparison of bacterialutilization of carbon between tidal creeks on the bayside and seaside of the lower Delmarva Peninsula. Gen.Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.78. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1992. Movement of bacteria in porous media containingpreferred flow paths. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.79. Weiss, T.H., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Effect of cell size, hydrophobic characterand growth habit on transport of bacteria in porous media. Gen. Meet. Am Soc. Microbiol. (N-97) p. 328.80. Brooks, S.C., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Biodegradation of metal-citrate complexesin closed flow-through systems. Abs., EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union. 74:133.81. Richardson, R., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Interactive effects of iron and organiccoating of mineral grains on transport of bacteria in porous media. Abs., EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union.74:134.82. Guy, P.W., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Influence of solution pH and presence ofiron on citrate biodegradation rates. Abs., EOS. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union. 74:134.83. Richardson, R., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Interactive effects of iron and organiccoating of mineral grains on transport of bacteria in porous media. 3rd Internat. Symp. on Subsurf. Microbiol.Bath, U.K. G-09

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/0884. Weiss, T.H., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Effect of cell size, hydrophobic characterand growth habit on transport of bacteria in porous media. 3rd Internat. Symp. on Subsurf. Microbiol. Bath,U.K. G-0885. Mills, A.L., J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger, G.M. 1993. Relationships of microbiological and mineralgrain surface p[roperties on attachment and transport of bacteria in porous media. Abs., 1993 Int. Symp.Subsurface Microbiology, Bath, UK. G-15.86. Knapp, E.A., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Sorption in chemically heterogeneousporous media: the effect of iron oxyhydroxide on the transport of bacterial cells. Abs., Ann. Meet. Geol. Soc.Am. 25:A375.87. Brooks, S.C., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Temperature, ligand concentration, andsurface coating effects on the rate of cobalt adsorption. Abs., EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union. 74:271.88. Saiers, J.E., G.M. Hornberger, A.L. Mills, and J.S. Herman. 1993. The influence of colloidal kaolinite on 137 Csmigration through porous media. Abs., EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union. 74:271.89. Bouma, J.E. and A.L. Mills. 1994. Dynamics and functional stability of a gnotobiotic microbial community.Gen. Meet. Am Soc. Microbiol. (N-190) p. 349.90. Brooks, S.C., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1994. Variations in cobalt-citrate mineralizationrates with changes in temperature and sand surface mineralogy.91. Brooks, S.C., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1993. Biodegradation of metal-citrate complexesin closed flow-through systems. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.92. Knapp, E.P., J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger, and A.L. Mills. 1994. Prediction of bacterial transport in thesubsurface: Comparison of parameters derived from batch and column experiments. Spring Meet. Am.Geophys. Union.93. Winquist, A.S., C.H. Bolster, and A.L. Mills. 1995. Cell Surface - Grain Surface Interactions and the Influenceon Bacterial Transport in Porous Media. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.94. Bouma, J. E., and A. L. Mills. 1995. Population and Functional Dynamics of a Gnotobiotic MicrobialCommunity. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.95. Lancaster, L., and A.L. Mills. 1995. Structure and activity of subsurface microbial communities in a sandycoastal plain aquifer. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.96. Knapp, E.P., J.L. Wilson, G.M. Hornberger, J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and R.G. Taylor. 1995. Correlation ofpermeability and sorption capacity in an unconsolidated Coastal Plain sediment: Implication for transport ofreactive solutes. Annual Meeting Geological Society of America.97. Dobson, R.W., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1995. Sulfate adsorption in a shallow, sandyaquifer. Annual Meeting Geological Society of America.98. Bolster, C.H., L.A. McCabe, A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1996. Comparison of bacterialtransport in repacked columns of aquifer sediment versus intact cores. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.99. Winquist, A.S., A.L. Mills, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 1996. Comparison of cell properties andadhesion of particle-associated and suspended bacteria from a coastal plain aquifer. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc.Microbiol.100. Gsell, T. C., L. Lancaster, A. L. Mills, and W. E. Holben. 1996. Heterogeneity of microbial activity andviability contrasts with biomass homogeneity in shallow aquifer sediments. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.101. Knapp, E.P., Herman, J.S., Hornberger, G.M., Mills, A.L., Dobson, R.W., and C.H. Bolster. 1996 The effect ofaquifer heterogeneity on the transport of reactive solutes: Sulfate transport in a coastal plain aquifer. AGUSpring Meeting.102. Furr, J.S., Homberger, G.M., Mills, A.L., and J.S. Herman. 1996. The effect of iron oxyhydroxide graincoatings on sulfate retention and transport in sand columns. AGU Spring Meeting.103. DeFlaun, M., W. Holben, R. Arnold, and A. L. Mills. 1996 A bacterial transport experiment in a wellcharacterizedAtlantic Coastal Plain aquifer. International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology. Davos,Switzerland.104. Johnson, S. E., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1996. Environmental fate of bound (nonextractable) atrazineresidues in an agricultural soil. Annual Meeting Geological Society of America.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08105. Tuccillo, M. E., J. S. Herman, and A. L. Mills. 1996. Processes of iron reduction in an organic-rich surficialsandy aquifer. Annual Meeting Geological Society of America.106. Bouma, J.E. and A.L. Mills. 1996. Influence of simulated microgravity and other factors on population andfunctional dynamics of gnotobiotic microbial communities. p. 22. Substrate use for characterization ofmicrobial communities in terrestrial ecosystems (Abstracts). Innsbruck, Austria107. Morley, L. M., Hornberger, G. M., Mills, A. L., and Herman, J. S. 1994. Effects of preferred flow path ontransport of bacteria in laboratory columns. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD,May 1994.108. Dobson, R. W., Herman, J. S., Hornberger, G. M., and Mills, A. L. 1996. Variation in hydraulic conductivityand sulfate sorption among stratigraphic units of a sandy aquifer. Annual Spring Meeting, AmericanGeophysical Union, Baltimore, MD, May 20-24, 1996.109. Knapp, E. P., Herman, J. S., Mills, A. L., and Hornberger, G. M. 1996. The effect of redox conditions on thesorption capacity of aquifer sediments: Implication for transport of reactive solutes. Geological Society ofAmerica, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 28-31, 1996. Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 8, No. 7, p.110. Mills, A.L., and A. Callaghan. 1996. Biological removal of nitrate from ground water in a shallow coastal plainaquifer. Natural Resource Values and Vulnerabilities. Second Virginia Eastern Shore Natural ResourcesSymposium, Cape Charles Va.111. Mills, A.L., and A. Callaghan. 1997. Biological removal of nitrate from ground water in a shallow coastal plainaquifer. Spring Meeting, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society112. Johnson, S. E., J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 1997 Long-term fate of bound (non-extractable) atrazine residuesin the soil environment. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.113. Bolster, C.H., L.S. Sprague, A.L. Mills G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 1997. Calculating bacterialdeposition coefficients using the fraction f bacteria recovered and flowpath length of laboratory columns.Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.114. Knapp, E. P., J. S. Herman, G. M. Hornberger, A. L. Mills 1997. The effect of redox conditions on sorption toaquifer sediments: transport of reactive solutes in ground water. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.115. Herman, J. S., Mills, A. L., and Knapp, E. P. 1998. Mineral surfaces and sorption of bacteria in groundwater.Ninth International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Taupo, New Zealand, March 1998.116. Knapp, E.P., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. Microbial reduction of iron-oxide minerals in anorganically contaminated aquifer: Implications for bacterial transport. Theme Session: "Geomicrobiology:Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals". Geological Society of America Meeting, October, 1997.117. Mills, A. L., C.H. Bolster, G. M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman, 1997. Prediction of bacterial transport in a fieldscale experimental injection from laboratory column results. Presented at "Biological Aspects of GroundWater," Annual Meeting of the National Ground Water Association, Las Vegas, NV118. Kauffman, S. J., Bolster, C. H, Herman, J. S., Hornberger, G. M., and Mills, A. L. 1997. The influence ofchemical and physical nonequilbrium on the transport of pesticides. 214th American Chemical Society NationalMeeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, 37(2):225-228.119. Johnson, S. E., Herman, J. S., and Mills, A.L. 1997. Environmental fate of aged, nonextractable atrazine in soil.214th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry, 37(2):214-216.120. Powelson, D. K, and A. L. Mills. 1998. Bacterial adsorption to the gas-water interfaces and cell transport inunsaturated soil. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America, Baltimore, MD.121. Johnson, S.E, J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1998. Microbial bioavailability of soil-aged,nonextractable atrazine. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.122. Franklin, R.B. L. Lancaster, D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Use of PCR-Based DNA fingerprintingtechniques for discriminating among microbial communities from similar and dissimilar habitats. Gen. Meet.Am. Soc. Microbiol.123. Lowit, M.B., L.K. Blum, A.L. Mills. 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of microbial communities inestuarine ecosystems. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08124. Sprague, L.A., J.S. Herman, G,M, Hornberger, A,L, Mills. 1998. Hydrological controls on colloidmobilization. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.125. Choi, J.-W., J.A. Smith, T.B. Culver, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Surfactant-Enhanced Desorption andBiodegradation of Trichloroethene (TCE) in Soil-Water Systems, Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.126. Smith, L.V., R.M. Ford, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Bench-Scale Evaluation of a Strategy for the Bioremediation ofPolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Elizabeth River Sediments. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.127. Franklin, R.B., D.R. Taylor, L. Lancaster, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Characterization of microbial communitiesusing randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Presented at ISME8, the International Symposium onMicrobial Ecology, Halifax N.S.128. Lowit, M.B., L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 1998. Presented at ISME8, the International Symposium on MicrobialEcology, Halifax N.S.129. Johnson, S.E, J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 1998. Biodegradability of soil-aged,nonextractable atrazine across a range of solvent extraction methods. Annual Meeting, Geological Society ofAmerica.130. Garland, J.L., A.L. Mills, A. Morales, and K. Cook. 1999. Survival of human-associated bacteria in prototypeadvanced life support systems. SAE Technical Paper Series No. 991609, presented at the 29th AnnualInternational Conference on Environmental Systems; Denver, CO, July 13-16, 1999.131. Callaghan, A.L. Mills, J.D. Albertson, and J.D. Fuentes. 1999. Processes governing the distribution of nitrate incoastal ground water at a field site near Oyster, VA. Spring Meeting Am. Geophys. Union.132. Franklin, R.B., D.R. Taylor, and A.L. Mills.1999. The influence of chemical environment and spatialseparation on the distribution of microbial communities in anaerobic and aerobic zones of a shallow coastalplain aquifer. Presented at the International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, Denver, CO.133. Bolster, C.H., Mills, A.L., Hornberger, G.M., Herman, J. S. 1999. Effect of Pulse Length, Grain Size, andSurface Coatings on Bacterial Retention Capacity of Sand. Presented at the International Symposium onSubsurface Microbiology, Denver, CO.134. Franklin,R. B., A. L. Mills, J. L. Garland. 1999. Comparing microbial community functional potential andgenetic structure along a diversity gradient. Presented at the ASM Conference on Microbial Biodiversity,Chicago, IL.135. Bolster, C.H., Mills, A.L., Hornberger, G.M., Herman, J. S. 1999. Effect of intra-population variability on thelong-distance transport of bacteria. Presented at the Virginia Water Resources Research Symposium.Richmond, VA.136. Mills, A.L., L. K. Blum. 2000. Distribution of bacterial abundance and activity in the Virginia coastal lagooncomplex. Presented at the 2000 LTER All-Scientists Meeting.137. Lowit, M.B., R.B. Franklin, L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 2000. The influence of local biotic and abiotic factorson microbial communities in similar estuarine ecosystems. Presented at the 2000 LTER All-Scientists Meeting.138. Lowit, M.B., L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 2000. Determining replication for discrimination among microbialcommunities in environmental samples using community-level physiological profiles. Presented at the 2000LTER All-Scientists Meeting.139. Franklin, R.B., A.L. Mills, J.L. Garland. 2000. Comparing microbial community functional potential andgenetic structure along a diversity gradient. Presented at the Life Support and Biological Systems Conference,Baltimore, MD.140. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2001. Relationship between community structure and function: evidence forfunctional redundancy. Presented at the 2001 General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology.141. Franklin, R.B., A. McComb, L.K. Blum, and A.L. Mills. 2001. Small-scale spatial variability in bacterialabundance and community structure in salt-marsh creek bank sediments. Presented at the 2001 GeneralMeeting, American Society for Microbiology.142. Blum L.K, M.S. Roberts, J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. 2001. Biogeographical variability in microbialcommunity structure among dominant high marsh plants of the United States East Coast. Presented at ISME9,International Society of Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08143. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2001. Response of a sewage microbial community to dilution-inducedreductions in diversity: understanding the importance of functional redundancy in microbial systems. Presentedat ISME9, International Society of Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam.144. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2001 Spatial variability in microbial community structure in an agricultural soilunder cultivation. Presented at ISME9, International Society of Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam.145. Johnson, S.E, J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 2001. Biosurfactant enhanced atrazine transportin soil and model sorbents. Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America.146. Blum L.K, M.S. Roberts, J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills. 2001. Biogeographical variability in bacterial andfungal community structure among dominant high marsh plants of the United States East Coast. Presented atthe Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.147. Mills, A.L., R.M. Ford, J. Vallino, J.S. Herman, and G.M. Hornberger. 2001. Community structure andfunction changes in response to environmental disturbance in bioreactors. Winter Meeting, AmericanGeophysical Union.148. Chauhan, M.J., and A.L. Mills .2002. Modeling baseflow nitrate loading on the eastern shore of Virginia.Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, Lewes, DE.149. Kang, S. and A.L. Mills. 2002. Soil microbial community change in response to disturbance of the plantcommunity. Presented at the 2002 General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology.150. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2002. Fine-scale spatial variability in soil properties and microbial communitystructure in an agricultural soil. Presented at the 2002 General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology.151. Garland, J.L., M. Roberts, L. Levine, A.L. Mills. 2002. Community-level physiological profiling using anoxygen-sensitive fluorophore in a microtiter plate. Presented at the 2002 General Meeting, American Societyfor Microbiology.152. Roberts, M., J.L. Garland, L. Levine, and A.L. Mills. 2002. Community-Level Physiological and MolecularProfiling of Microbial Communities. Presented at Second Astrobiology Science Conference NASA AMESResearch Center - April 7 – 11.153. Garland, J.L., M.L. Roberts, and A.L. Mills. 2002. The assembly of microbial communities in spaceflightsystems. Theory, experience and research needs. Presented at Workshop on Advanced Life Support forManned Space Missions, Tokyo Japan.154. Kang, S. and A.L. Mills. 2003 Controlling factors in soil microbial community structure. General Meeting ofthe American Society for Microbiology. Washington, DC.155. Franklin, R.B., and A.L. Mills. 2003. Using multi-scale analysis of spatial variability to study the relationshipbetween microbial community structure and soil microenvironment in an agricultural field. General Meeting ofthe American Society for Microbiology. Washington, DC.156. Lowit, M.B., A.L. Mills, L.K. Blum. 2003. Linking temporal variation in bacterial community structure withecosystem properties in a temperate estuarine complex. General Meeting of the American Society forMicrobiology. Washington, DC.157. Gallavotti, H. S., and A. L. Mills. 2003. Spatial and temporal gradients of sediment denitrification potential in acoastal stream. Presented at ERF 2003. Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation.158. Kang, S. and A.L. Mills. 2004. Effect of sample size on soil microbial community studies. General Meeting ofthe American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA.159. Battistelli, J., D. Grant, H.S. Gallavotti, and A.L. Mills. 2004. Distribution of denitrifying bacteria in sedimentsof a coastal stream. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA.160. Gu, C., H.S. Gallavotti, G.M.Hornberger, J.S. Herman, and A.L. Mills. 2004. Mass balance of nitrate removalfrom stream sediments by denitrification. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, NewOrleans, LA.161. Roberts, M.S., A. L. Mills, and J.L. Garland. 2004. Niche specialization of microbial communities duringsuccession in salt marsh leaf litter. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans,LA.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08162. Franklin, R.B., J.L. Garland, and A.L. Mills 2005. The influence of ecological isolation on the structural andfunctional stability of complex microbial communities. 3 rd International Workshop on Space Microbiology,European Space Agency, Mol, Belgium.163. Flewelling, S. A., C. Gu, J. Battistelli, H. Galavotti, J.S. Herman, G. M. Hornberger, and A. L. Mills. 2005.Denitrification in stream banks and sediments: A major control on nitrate discharge from headwatercatchments. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Spring Meeting, Solomons, MD.164. Flewelling, S.A., C. Gu, J. Battistelli, H. Galavotti, J. Herman, G. Hornberger, and A. Mills. 2005.Denitrification in stream banks and sediments serves as a major nitrate filter in low-relief coastal streams.Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Norfolk, VA.165. Franklin, R.B, T.N. Tysall, A. Gianotti, and A.L. Mills. 2005. Geomicrobiology of phreatic caves associatedwith central Florida springs. Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA.166. Franklin, R. B., J. L. Garland, and A. L. Mills. 2005. Considering the effect of ecological isolation on thedevelopment and stability of complex microbial communities. General Meeting of the American Society forMicrobiology, Atlanta, GA.167. Gu, C. A.L. Mills, G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 2005. Simulation of nitrate transport through theGround water /surface water interface influenced by transient advective flow. Annual Meeting, GeologicalSociety of America, Salt Lake City, UT.168. Franklin, R.B, and A.L. Mills. 2005. Relationship of microbial community structure and soilmicroenvironment: determining important controls on the distribution of organisms using multi-scale spatialanalysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal. Quebec.169. Franklin, R.B, and A.L. Mills. 2005. Microbial ecology of insular systems: How do immigration rates andsource community diversity influence the development of stable communities? Presented at the annual meetingof the Ecological Society of America, Montreal. Quebec.170. Franklin, R.B., A.L. Mills, and J.L. Garland. 2006. Influence of ecological isolation on the stability ofcomplex microbial communities during long-term space missions. “Habitations 2006,” American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics Conference on Habitation Research and Technology Development. Orlando,Florida.171. Franklin, R.B., A.L. Giannotti, T.N. Tysall, and A.L. Mills. 2005. Geomicrobiology of phreatic cavesassociated with central Florida springs. 30th Anniversary National Cave and Karst Management Symposium.Albany, New York.172. Olson, M.S., J.S. Herman, A.C. Sofranko, and A.L. Mills. 2006. Nitrate loading as a function of streamdischarge along the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America, Philadelphia,PA.173. Flewelling, S. A., C. Gu, J.S. Herman, G.M. Hornberger and A.L. Mills. 2006. The Effect of Residence Timeon Nitrate Loss in Streambed Sediments. Winter meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.174. del Re, L, W., W.A. Wurtsbaugh, and A.L. Mills, 2007. Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation and dissolvedorganic nitrogen availability to phytoplankton in an oligotrophic mountain lake. Annual Meeting of theAmerican Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, NM.175. Flewelling, S. A., Herman, J. S., Hornberger, G. M., and Mills, A. L. 2007. Separating the hydrological andbiological controls on denitrification in the streambed of a low-relief coastal catchment. Annual Meeting,Geological Society of America, Denver.176. Flewelling, S.A., G. Hornberger, J. Herman, A. Mills. 2007. Spatial distribution of nitrate flux from thestreambed of a low-relief coastal catchment on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. American Geophysical Union FallMeeting, San Francisco, CA.177. Battistelli, J. M., & A. L. Mills, 2007. The Spatial distribution of autotrophic nitrifying microorganisms inengineered reactor systems. Sustainability and Health Symposium, School of Architecture, University ofVirginia. Charlottesville, VA.

Aaron L. Mills 10/28/08178. Mills, A.L., G.M. Hornberger, and J.S. Herman. 2008. Sediments in low-relief coastal streams as effectivefilters of agricultural nitrate. AWRA 2008 Summer Specialty Conference - Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers:Working at the Water's Edge, Virginia Beach, VA.179. Herman, J.S., A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger 2008. Nitrate reduction in streambed sediments: effect ofgroundwater-surface water interactions. AWRA 2008 Summer Specialty Conference - Riparian Ecosystemsand Buffers: Working at the Water's Edge, Virginia Beach, VA.180. Probasco, P., J.S. Herman, A.L. Mills, and G.M. Hornberger. 2008. Nitrate occurrences in groundwater nearstreams of Earn Shore, Virginia: Relationship to riparian zone characteristics. AWRA 2008 Summer SpecialtyConference - Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers: Working at the Water's Edge, Virginia Beach, VA.181. Herman, J. S., Franklin, R. B., Mills, A. L., Giannotti, A. L., and Tysall, T. N. 2008. Bacterial Activity andGeochemical Reactions in Submerged Cave Development -- Impact on Karst Aquifers in Florida. AmericanGeophysical Union Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 27-30, 2008. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(23), Jt.Assem. Suppl., Abstract H33D-04.182. Herman, J. S., Mills, A. L., Hornberger, G. M., Sofranko, A. C., and Olson, M. S.. 2008. Quantifying nitrateflux during storm events. American Society of Civil Engineers, World Environmental and Water ResourcesCongress, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 12-16, 2008.183. Battistelli, J. M. &A.L. Mills. 2008 Spatial distribution of nitrifying bacteria and its impact in engineeredreactor systems. The 12th International Symposium of Microbial Ecology. Cairns, Australia.184. Robertson, W. M., Herman, J. S., Mills, A. L., and Hornberger, G. M. 2008. Diurnal Variations in NitrateConcentrations in the Cobb Mill Creek, Virginia. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 50.