N. Miller--Illinois Natural History Survey

Andrew N. Miller
		1816 South Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: 217-244-0439 Fax: 217-244-0729 Email: amiller@inhs.uiuc.edu Unit: CBD Office Location: 172 NRB
Activities		Research in the systematics, evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of fungi, with emphasis on the members of the Class Sordariomycetes (Ascomycota); Curator of INHS Mycological Collections (ILLS), Associate Curator of UIUC Mycological Collections (ILL)

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 Class Sordariomycetes; 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.

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

Professional affiliations		American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Illinois Academy of Sciences, Illinois Mycological Association, Mycological Society of America, North American Mycological Society, Sigma Xi, Society of Systematic Biologists

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.

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

Professional society involvement and activities		Reviewer for Mycologia, Mycological Research, Mycopathologica, 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)

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