Director of Research, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS 66006
Phone: 785-594-8379
Fax: 785-594-8360
E-mail:William.Miller@BakerU.edu

Research Associate
Academy of Natural Sciences
Biodiversity Group
1900 Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
12-4-2011

Education
Ph.D., Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 1996
M.A., Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1975
B.A., Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1967

Professional / Academic Appointments
2010-Present Director of Research, Department of Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
2005-Present Faculty, Department of Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
1999-Present Research Associate, Biodiversity Division -Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Synergistic Activities
Co-Editor, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 2012-2017
2007-2011 PI NSF Research Grant, $600,000, RUI: Tardigrades of the LTER sites: A Framework for the Distribution and Phylogeny of North American Tardigrada.
2004-2009 PI NSF Research Grant, $480,000, RUI: Tardigrades of China, $480,000, RUI: A Survey of Moss Dwelling Tardigrades of China.

Master’s students supervised: 28

Publications:
62 total, 54 about Tardigrades, 4 in press.
Miller, W.R. 2011. Tardigrades. American Scientist, 99:384-391.
Miller, W.R. 1997. Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss. The Kansas School Naturalist, 43: 1-16.
Miller, W.R., Miller, J.D. & Heatwole, H.F. 1996. Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic Territories: the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116: 175-184.
Miller, W.R. & Kristensen, R. M. 1999. Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: A new species of the Marine Genus Echiniscoides from Macquarie Island, Subantarctica. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 238: 289-294.
Miller, W.R. &. Mehlen, R.H. 2007. Tardigrades of North America: re-description of Echiniscus tamus Mehlen, 1969 (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidae: Echiniscidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Vol. 120(2):185-187.
Calloway*, S., Miller, W.R., Johansson, C. & Whiting*, J. 2011. Tardigrades of North America: Oreelia chugachii nov. sp. (Eutardigrada, Echiniscoide, Oreellidae) a new species from Alaska. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124(1): 28-39.
Mitchell*, C., Miller, W.R. & Davis*, B. 2009. Tardigrades of North America: Influence of Substrate on Habitat Selection. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 83(1): 10-16.
Schulte*, R. & Miller, W.R. 2011. Tardigrades of North America: the elevation of a new genus from California. The Kansas Academy of Science, 114(1/2): 117.
Shivley*, S. & Miller, W.R. 2009. The use of HMDS (hexamethyldisilazne) to replace Critical Point Drying (CPD) in the preparation of tardigrades for SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Imaging. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112(3/4):189-200.
Wallendorf*, M. & Miller, W.R. 2009. Tardigrades of North America: Milnesium alabamae nov. sp. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) a new species from Alabama. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112(3/4): 181-186.
Miller, W.R. 2006. Tardigrades of North America: Western Montana. Intermountain Journal of the Sciences. Vol. 12 (3-4): 45-53.
*Undergraduate students