About Me

Hello, and welcome to my ePortfolio! My name is Zachary Miller. I am from the small town of Greenville, Ohio. I went to school at Greenville Senior High School. While in high school, I developed a certain love for science. Specifically, I fell in love with biology and human anatomy. This love of science led me to participate in my school’s science fair multiple times. My senior year science fair project studied the effect barley had on cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that grows in water and produces harmful toxins. This project got me to the State Science Fair. At state, I not only got two special judging awards but also got earned a perfect score from the judges.

In high school, I also participated in the College Credit Plus program. This program allows high school students to take college-level classes for both high school and college credit. Through this program, I was also given the opportunity to explore the field of biology more by taking classes on genetics, ecology, and human biology. In these classes, I learned how to perform DNA electrophoresis and ELISA assays. Through participation in the College Credit Plus program, I was not only able to graduate high school with an honors diploma and The Presidential Award but with an Associates Degree of Science from Edison State Community College as well.

I am now currently attending The Ohio State University in the Biology Scholar’s program. I am currently majoring in Molecular Genetics on the pre-medical track. I am currently hoping to become a Physician-Scientist. It is my life goal to do research on genetic diseases and cancers. I have far too often seen the debilitating effects such diseases can have on afflicted individuals, and I refuse to stay idle while others suffer. By doing research on such diseases, I hope to be able to find better treatments or even cures that could help those susceptible to such diseases.