Background
Burgess, Sybil Kay was born on January 3, 1953 in Siler City, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Causey Harris and Hilda Mae (Hargrove) Burgess.
Burgess, Sybil Kay was born on January 3, 1953 in Siler City, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Causey Harris and Hilda Mae (Hargrove) Burgess.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Meredith College, 1975; Bachelor in Chemistry cum laude, Meredith College, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 1980.
Research technician, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1974; graduate research assistant, teaching assistant biochemistry department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1975-1990; instructor, then assistant professor biology and chemistry, Meredith College, Raleigh, 1973-1980; instructor physics, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1981-1982; instructor, then assistant professor of chemistry, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, 1982-1988; associate professor of chemistry, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, since 1988. Adjunct Professor marine, earth and atmospheric science North Carolina State University, since 1990.
President, organizer Friends of Leland (North Carolina) Library., 1983. Vice president Wilmington chapter American Association of University Women, 1982. Member American Chemical Society (secretary-treasurer, program chair, chair Eastern North Carolina section 1986-1988), North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi (treasurer, president, member organic committee 1985-1991), Sigma Alpha Iota, Kappa Nu Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Lindsay F. Miller III (divorced). 1 child, Mary Elizabeth Miller.