Benjamin L. Miller
Contact
706-501-8692 | blm8@uw.edu
Office Location
Anderson 216
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Sept. 2014 – April 2020
Dissertation: Carbon dynamics on floodplains of the Yangtze and Mekong Rivers
M.S., University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Sept. 2012 – May 2014
Thesis: Terrestrial-aquatic transfers of methane, carbon dioxide, and organic carbon from riparian wetlands to an arctic headwater stream
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, Sept. 2005 – May 2009
Department of Political Science
Capstone Project: Rural-urban migration in PR China
Honors Project: Environmental externalities of the Three Gorges Reservoir
Sponsoring Faculty
David Butman
Research Areas
- Aquatic carbon cycling
- Large river floodplains
- Food web ecology
Honors and Awards
- National Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology, 2020
- Institute of International Education, Boren Fellowship, 2015
- National Science Foundation, East Asia-Pacific Summer Research Institute, 2014
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2012
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Outstanding Performance Award, 2012
Current Sponsored Projects
National Science Foundation, “Hydropower May Enhance Riverine Food web Productivity Through Chemoautotrophic Pathways,” 2020
Selected Publications
Pool, T.K., V.L. Elliott, G.W. Holtgrieve, M.E. Arias, B.L. Miller, L. Kaufmann, and L. Hannah (2019), Fish assemblage composition within the floodplain habitat mosaic of a tropical flood-pulse lake (Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia), Freshwater Biology, 64(11), 2026-2036. http://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13391
Miller, B.L., H. Chen, Y. He, X. Yuan, and G.W. Holtgrieve (2019), Magnitudes and drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in floodplain ponds change following inundation by the Three Gorges Reservoir, Journal of Geophysical Research—Biogeosciences, 124(8), 2499-2517. http://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004701
Miller, B.L., E.V. Arntzen, A.E. Goldman, and M.C. Richmond (2017), Methane ebullition from temperate hydropower reservoirs, Environmental Management, 60(4), 615-629. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0909-1
Bio
My research seeks to identify the sources and fates of carbon in lake, river, and stream ecosystems. This includes terrestrial-aquatic linkages, atmospheric fluxes, and utilization by aquatic food webs. I conduct much of my research in developing countries, where I prioritize local capacity building.