Post-doctoral research scientist, Coastal Studies Institute, University of North Carolina, 2007

Research Assistant, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Instructor, Human Impacts on Estuarine Processes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005

Project Engineer, Limno-Tech, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2000-2002

Environmental Engineer, Howard R. Green Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1998-2000

Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1997-1998

Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1996-1997

McMillan, S. K., M.F. Piehler, S.P. Thompson and H. W. Paerl (2008) “Denitrification of nitrogen released from senescing algal biomass in coastal agricultural headwater streams.” Journal of Environmental Quality, in press.

Ensign, S.H., S.K. McMillan, S.P. Thompson, M.F. Piehler (2006). “Nitrogen and phosphorus attenuation within the stream network of a coastal, agricultural watershed.” Journal of Environmental Quality, 35(4):1237–1247.

Winnike-McMillan, S. K., Q. Zhang, L. C. Davis, L. E. Erickson and J. L. Schnoor (2003). “Phytoremediation of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether.” Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants. Editors: J. L. Schnoor and S. C. McCutcheon, Wiley-Interscience.

Hong, M. S., W. F. Farmayan, I. J. Dortch, C. Y. Chiang, S. K. McMillan and J. L. Schnoor (2001). “Phytoremediation of MTBE from a Groundwater Plume.” Environmental Science and Technology 35(6): 1231-1239.

McMillan, S. K., S. T. Thompson, H.W. Paerl and M. F. Piehler (June 2006).  “Denitrification dynamics in coastal headwater streams: Influence of DOC and nitrate.”  American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Victoria, BC.

McMillan, S. K., S. T. Thompson, H. W. Paerl and M. F. Piehler (October 2005).  “Catchment scale contribution of instream denitrification in the Southeastern Coastal Plain: influence of land use and hydrology.”  Estuarine Research Federation Meeting, Norfolk, VA.

McMillan, S. K., S. H. Ensign, S. T. Thompson, H. W. Paerl and M. F. Piehler (May 2005). “Instream denitrification of agricultural runoff in coastal plain watersheds.”  North American Benthological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

McMillan, S. K., M. F. Piehler, S. T. Thompson, and H. W. Paerl (June 2004). “Nitrogen attenuation in headwater streams of coastal plain watersheds, Neuse River Estuary, NC.”   American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Winnike, S. K. and J. L. Schnoor. (April 2000) “Phytoremediation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by hybrid poplar trees.”  American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA.

Piehler, M. F., S. K. McMillan, A. R. Smyth, S. P. Thompson and C. A. Currin (2007).  “Effects of water level and shoreline stabilization on nitrogen cycling in fringing salt marshes.”  10th International Symposium on Wetland Biogeochemistry.

Piehler, M. F., S. K. McMillan, S. P. Thompson and A. C. Poe (2005).  “Effects of co-occuring agricultural pollutants on nitrogen removal by a constructed coastal wetland.”  9th International Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands.  Banton Rougue, LA.

Piehler, M. F., S. P. Thompson, A. C. Poe and S. K. McMillan (2005).  “Linking nitrogen removal and retention by constructed wetlands to estuarine water quality in coastal North Carolina, USA.”  American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting.

PI, “Water quality impacts on water treatability”, Town of Mooresville, North Carolina ($7152), 2009-2010.

American Geophysical Union, Member

North American Benthological Society, Member

Water Environment Federation, Member

North Carolina American Water Works Association-Water Environment Association, Member and Chair of Water Resources Committee