With a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and a Ph.D in Biology, you’d think that Rodman Miller would be conducting research as a university professor. Instead, Rodman prefers the hot shop. “Yes,” he says, “this is much more fun.” The great-grandson of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Rodman left academia after taking a glass blowing course, but he still uses his background in microbiology – Rodman draws inspiration for his glass pieces from the shapes that he used to see under a microscope.