| Andrew N. Miller | |||||
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Email: amiller@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Mycologist
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| Activities | Andrew N. Miller is the mycologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Plant Biology at UIUC, the Botany Department at The Field Museum, and the Department of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Miller is curator of the INHS Fungarium (ILLS) and Associate Curator of the UIUC Fungarium (ILL). He became Director of the INHS Herbarium in 2008. Dr. Miller teaches the General Mycology course in Plant Biology at UIUC and his research focuses on the systematics, evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of fungi. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers describing the evolutionary relationships of numerous fungal taxa new to science. Dr. Miller was elected Secretary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Fungi in 2011 and currently serves as associate editor for MycoKeys, Mycological Research, and Organisms, Diversity and Evolution. |
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| Research |
Research interests: Systematics of the higher fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) using molecular and morphological data, particularly in how their phylogenetic relationships relate to current classifications; Evolution of morphological characters in members of the Ascomycota; Biodiversity and conservation of fungi throughout North America and the Neotropics; Monographic treatments and taxonomic revisions of higher fungi; Species concepts in fungi. Outreach activities: Seminars and lectures emphasizing fungi and the vital roles they play in ecosystems; Lead fungal forays and present mushroom identification workshops for local conservation groups; Preparing a Field Guide to Illinois Mushrooms. |
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| Message to Students |
I am currently seeking graduate students interested in the biodiversity and systematics of ascomycetes. Please contact me if you are interested and we can discuss funding opportunities. |
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| Recognition | Graduate Research Award for best paper presentation, Mycological Society of America; Provost Award, University of Illinois at Chicago; Myron P. Backus Graduate Fellowship, Mycological Society of America; Lester Armour Graduate Fellowship, The Field Museum of Natural History |
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| Professional affiliations |
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Illinois Mycological Association, Mycological Society of America, North American Mycological Society | ||||
| Selected publications |
Miller, A. N., L. N. Vasilyeva, and J. D. Rogers. 2007. Chlorostroma subcubisporum gen. et. sp. nov. and notes on the systematic position of Thuemenella cubispora. Sydowia 59(1): 138-147. Raja, H.A., A.M. Stchigel, Miller, A. N., J.L. Crane, and C.A. Shearer. 2007. Hyphomycetes from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including three new species. Fungal Diversity 26: 271-286. Miller, A. N., G.K. Mugambi, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2007. Cercophora rubrotuberculata, a new pyrenomycete species from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mycologia 99(3): 488-491. Miller, A. N., M. Bartolata, C.A. Shearer, and S.M. Huhndorf. 2006. Cuspidatispora xiphiago gen. et sp. nov. from eastern North American freshwater streams. Mycoscience 47(4): 218-223. Miller, A. N., and S.M. Huhndorf. 2005. Multi-gene phylogenies indicate ascomal wall morphology is a better predictor of phylogenetic relationships than ascospore morphology in the Sordariales (Ascomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1): 60-75. |
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| Program Affiliates |
Research Associate, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Affiliate Assistant Professor, Plant Biology, University of Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Program Committee - Mycological Society of America Associate Editor for Fungal Biology, Mycokeys, and Organisms Diversity & Evolution Reviewer for Fungal Biology, Mycologia, Mycopathologica, Mycosphere, Mycotaxon, and Southeastern Naturalist manuscripts. Reviewer for National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society grants. Chairperson - Eighth International Mycological Congress, Cairns, Australia 2006 - Biodiversity of Microfungi - A Phylogenetic Approach (with A.Y. Rossman) |
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| Education | Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003 M.S. Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 1997 B.S. Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 1995 | ||||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
