Stanley Miller

This article is about the American chemist. For other people with the same name, see Stanley Miller (disambiguation).
Stanley Miller
Miller in 1999
Born
Stanley Lloyd Miller

(1930-03-07)March 7, 1930
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2007(2007-05-20) (aged 77)
National City, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago
Known forAbiogenesis
AwardsOparin Medal
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Columbia University
University of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorHarold Urey
Doctoral studentsJeffrey Bada

Stanley Lloyd Miller (March 7, 1930 – May 20, 2007) was an American chemist who made a wide range of experiments, demonstrating that select organic compounds can be synthesized by chemical processes from inorganic substances. In 1952 he performed the Miller–Urey experiment, which showed that complex organic molecules could be synthesised from inorganic precursors. The experiment was widely reported.

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