UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• Ph. D., Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
• M.S., Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.
• B.A., History, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, 1987.

• Plant Systematist, Research Group Leader, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia. 2008-present. AUD$120,000.
• Acting Director, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia. 2010-Feb 2011.
• Program Leader, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra ACT 2601 Australia. 2009-Feb 2011.
• Research Scientist, Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 2008.
• Assistant Research Scientist, Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Dec. 2001-2007.
• Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, The Australian National Herbarium, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia. 1999-2001.
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cytogenetics and Potato Breeding Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin. 1997-1998.
• Research Assistant, Potato Taxonomy, USA-ARS, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, University of Wisconsin. (David M. Spooner, Graduate Adviser). 1992-97.
• Peace Corps Volunteer, Zumbagua, Ecuador. 1988-1990.

• Deep Sequencing of Eucalyptus series globulares to unravel its hybrid history.
  Ignition Grants from the Centre for Biodiversity Analysis. November 2012-October 2013. AUD$5,000.
• Application of Network Theory and Systems Biology to the Rich Data of the CSIRO Biological Collections.
  CSIRO OCE Cutting Edge Symposium. December 2012. AUD$30,000.
• Clarifying the phylogeny and taxonomy of Australian riccioid and marchantioid liverworts through molecular data.
  Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grant Program (NTRGP). November 2012-October 2014. AUD$135,000.
• Bulahdelah Bypass Orchid Research Project-Extension.
  RTA Transport, Road and Marine Services. July 2011-December 2012. AUD$650,000.
• Acacia systematics and development of a model system for co-evolutionary studies.
  Hermon Slade Foundation. July 2009-June 2012. AUD$60,000.
• DNA Barcoding for Taxonomy.
  CERF Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilites. November 2009-December 2010. AUD$550,000.
• Species Delimitation of Endangered Plants.
  CERF Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilites. November 2009-December 2010. AUD$100,000.
• Understanding Mulga.
  Funding from BHP Billiton - Iron Ore, Nickel West, Rio Tinto Iron Ore & Fortescue Metals. October 2006-September 2010. AUD$540,000.
• NSF-Systematic Biology, NSF-DEB 04-14902.
  Collaborative Research: Phylogeny and evolution of American taxa of Acacia subgenus Acacia. September 2004-August 2007. $193,615. REU supplements $15,000.
• Ecological Genomics of Insect-Induced Plant Galls.
  Biological Sciences Funding Program, University of Iowa. $30,000. May 2007-April 2008.

45 publications
1283 career citations
H index = 21
Google Scholar profile

González-Orozco, C. E., S. W. Laffan, N. Knerr and J.T. Miller. 2013. A biogeographical regionalisation of Australian Acacia species. Journal of Biogeography.

LPWG (2013) Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich clades. Taxon

Miller, J.T. and M. Burd. 2013. Australia's Acacia: Unrecognized convergent evolution. In "Invasion Biology and Ecosystem Theory; insights from a continent in transformation" eds. H. Prins & I. Gordon. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Joseph, S., D. J. Murphy, J.T. Miller and M. Bhave. 2013. Application of Molecular Markers for Identification of Potential Salt Tolerant Plant Species for Use in Agroforestry and Saline Land Reclamation. APCBEE Procedia.

Bessega, C., C. Pometti, J.T. Miller, R. Watts, B.O. Saidman and J.C. Vilardi. 2013. New Microsatellite loci for Prosopis alba and P. chilensis (Leguminosae). American Journal of Botany Primer Notes.

Neville, P. G., M. J Wallace, S. K Krauss, and J. T. Miller. 2013. DNA barcoding for conservation and ecological restoration of Acacia in the Midwest of Western Australia. Molecular Ecology Resources.

Miller, J.T. and D.M. Seigler. 2012. The generic status of Acacia sensu lato (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Australian Systematic Botany. 25: 217-224.

González-Orozco, C. E., A. H. D Brown, N. Knerr and J.T. Miller. 2012. Centres of diversity of Australian Glycine species. Conservation Genetics. 13:1269-1281.

Maslin, B.R., M. O'Leary, J.E. Reid and J.T. Miller. 2012. The type of Acacia aneura (Mulga) and ambiguities concerning the application of this name. Nuytsia. 22: 269-294.

Stevenson, L., C. E. González-Orozco, N. Knerr, C. Cargill, and J. T. Miller. 2012. Spatial distribution and analysis of species richness and endemism of liverworts, hornworts and mosses in Australia. Journal of Bryology. 34: 101-107. (IF=0.9, 0 citations).

González-Orozco, C. E., S.W. Laffan and J.T. Miller. 2011. Spatial distribution of species richness and endemism of the genus Acacia in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. 59:600-608. (IF=1.7, 0 citations).

Richardson, D.M., J. Carruthers, C. Hui, F.A.C. Impson, J.T. Miller, M.P Robertson, M. Rouget, J.J. Le Roux, and J.R.U Wilson. 2011. Human-mediated introductions of Australian Acacia species -- a global experiment in biogeography. Diversity and Distributions.17: 771-787. (IF=4.2, 22 citations).

Otero, J.T., P.H. Thrall, M. Clements, J.T. Miller and J.J. Burdon. 2011. Co-diversification of Orchids (Pterostylidinae) and their Associated Mycorrhizal Fungi. Australian Journal of Botany. 59: 480-497. (IF=1.9, 0 citations).

Miller, J.T., D. J. Murphy, G. K. Brown, D. M. Richardson and C. E. González-Orozco. 2011. The evolution and phylogenetic placement of invasive Acacia species Diversity and Distributions. 17:848-860. (IF=4.2, 18 citations).

Gallagher, R., M.R. Leishman, J.T. Miller, C. Hui, D.M. Richardson, J. Suda and P. Trávníček . 2011. Genome size as a predictor of invasion success and trait variation in Australian acacias. Diversity and Distributions. (IF=4.2, 6 citations).

Gibson M.R., D.M. Richardson, E. Marchante, H. Marchante,, J.G. Rodger, G.N. Stone, M. Byrne, A. Fuentes-Ramírez, N. George, C. Harris, S.D. Johnson, J.J. Le Roux, J.T. Miller, D.J. Murphy, A. Pauw, M.N. Prescott, E.M. Wandrag, and J.R.U Wilson. 2011. Reproductive biology of Australian Acacia species: important mediator of invasiveness? Diversity and Distributions. 17: 911-933.(IF=4.2, 12 citations).

Clements, M.A., J. Tupac-Otero and J.T Miller. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships in Pterostylidinae (Cranichideae: Orchidaceae): combined evidence from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Botany. 59: 99-117. (IF=1.9, 2 citations).

Miller, J.T. and C. Miller. 2011. Acacia seedling morphology: Correlation of juvenile leaf forms and seed weight. Australian Journal of Botany. 59: 185-196. (IF=1.9, 0 citations).

Neiman, M., G. Hehman, J.T. Miller, J.M. Logsdon, Jr, and D.R. Taylor. 2010. Accelerated mutation accumulation in asexual lineages of a freshwater snail. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27:954-963. (IF=9.8, 14 citations).

Murphy, D.J., G. K. Brown, J. T. Miller and P. Y. Ladiges. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Acacia s.s. (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae) -- evidence for major clades and informal classification. Taxon. 59: 7-19. (IF=2.7, 14 citations).

Brown, G.K., D.J. Murphy, J.T. Miller and P.Y. Ladiges. 2008. Acacia s.s. and its relationships among tropical legumes, tribe Ingeae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Systematic Botany 33: 739-751. (IF=1.6, 13 citations).

Ruiz Guajardo, J.C., A. Otero-Arnaiz, T. Taylor, G. Stone, T.C. Glenn, J.T. Miller, and A. Schnabel. 2007. Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sub-Saharan tree, Acacia (Senegalia) mellifera (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1138-1140. (IF=1.3, 4 citation).

Ahn, Y.O., Zheng, M., Winkel, B., Bevan D.R., Esen, A., Shiu, S-H., Benson, J., Peng, H.P., J.T. Miller, Cheng, C.L., Poulton, J.P., and Shih, M.-C. (2007). Functional genomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana glycoside hydrolase family 35. Phytochem. 68: 1510-20. (IF=2.3, 18 citations).

Ballard, J.W.O., R.G. Melvin, J.T. Miller and S.D. Katewa, 2007. Sex differences in survival and disparity of mitochondrial bioenergetics in Drosophila simulans. Aging Cell 6: 699-708. (IF=5.8, 10 citations).

Seigler, D.S., J.E. Ebinger and J.T. Miller. 2007. Mariosousa: A new segregate genus from Acacia sensu lato (Fabacese: Mimosoideae) from North America. Novon 16: 413-420. (IF=0.2, 10 citation).

Brown, G.K., S.R Ariati, D.J. Murphy, J.T. Miller, and P.Y. Ladiges. 2006. Bipinnate acacias (Acacia subg. Phyllodineae sect. Botrycephalae) of eastern Australia are polyphyletic based on DNA sequence data. Australian Systematic Botany 19: 315-326. (IF=1.0, 8 citations).

Seigler, D.S., J.E. Ebinger and J.T. Miller. 2006. The genus Senegalia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the New World. Phytologia 88: 38-93. (14 citations)

Miller, J.T., D. Murphy, J. Grimes, P. Ladiges and R.J. Bayer. 2003. Chloroplast DNA evidence for non-monophlyly of derived tribes of the legume subfamily Mimosoideae. Systematic Botany 38: 558-564. (IF=1.6, 41 citations)

Miller, J.T., R. Andrew, and R.J. Bayer. 2003. Molecular phylogenetics of the Australian Acacias, Acacia subg. Phyllodineae(Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Botany 51: 167-177. (IF=0.9, 21 citations).

Maslin, B.R., J.T. Miller and D.S. Seigler. 2003. Overview of the generic status of Acacia (Leguminoseae: Mimosoideae). Australian Systematic Botany 16: 1-18. (IF=1.0, 86 citations).

Murphy, D.J., J.T. Miller, R.J. Bayer, and P.Y. Ladiges. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae (Mimosoideae: Leguminoseae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 16: 19-26. (IF=1.0, 34 citations)

Miller, J.T. and R.J. Bayer. 2003. Molecular Phylogenetics of Acacia subgenera Acacia and Aculeiferum (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) based on the chloroplast matK coding sequence and flanking trnK intron spacer regions. Australian Systematic Botany 16: 27-33. (IF=1.0, 33 citations).

Andrew R.A., J.T. Miller, R. Peakall, M.D. Crisp and R.J. Bayer. 2003. Genetic, cytogenetic and morphological patterns in a mixed mulga population: evidence for apomixis. Australian Systematic Botany. 16: 69-80. (IF=1.0, 20 citations).

Luckow, M, J.T. Miller, D.J. Murphy and T. Livshultz. 2003. A phylogenetic analysis of the Mimosoideae (Leguminosae) based on chloroplast DNA sequence data. In: B. Klitgaard and A. Bruneau (editors). Advances in Legume Systematics, pp 197-220. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (65 citations).

Miller, J.T., R.A. Andrew, and B.R. Maslin. 2002. Towards an understanding of variation in the Mulga complex (Acacia aneura and relatives). Conservation Science Western Australia 4: 19-35. (13 citations).

Miller, J.T. and R.J. Bayer. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) based on chloroplast matK coding sequence and flanking trnK intron spacer regions. American Journal of Botany 88: 697-706. (IF=2.5, 72 citations).

Spooner, D.M., R.G. van den Berg, and J.T. Miller. 2001. Species and series boundaries of Solanum series Longipedicellata and phenetically similar species in ser. Demissa and ser. Tuberosa: Implications for a practical taxonomy of Section Petota. American Journal of Botany 88: 113-130. (IF=2.5, 17 citations).

Miller, J.T. and R.J. Bayer. 2000. Molecular phylogenetics of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) based on chloroplast matK/trnK and nuclear Histone H3-D DNA sequences. In: P.S. Herendeen and A. Bruneau (editors) Advances in legume systematics , part 9, pp 181-200. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (23 citations).

Miller, J.T. and D.M. Spooner. 1999. Collapse of species boundaries in the wild potato Solanum brevicaule complex (Solanaceae, S. sect. Petota): molecular data. Plant Systematics and Evolution 214: 103-130. (IF=1.3, 57 citations).

Miller, J.T., F. Dong, S.A. Jackson, J. Song, and J. Jiang. 1998. Retrotransposon-related DNA sequences in the centromeres of grass chromosomes. Genetics 150: 1615-1623. (IF=4.5, 120 citations).

Miller, J.T., S.A. Jackson, S. Nasuda, B.S. Gill, R.A. Wing, and J. Jiang. 1998. Cloning and characterization of a centromere-specific repetitive DNA element from Sorghum bicolor. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 96: 832-839. (IF=2.2, 51 citations).

Dong, F., J.T. Miller, S.A. Jackson, G. Wang, P.C. Ronald and J. Jiang. 1998. Rice (Oryza sativa) centromeric region consists of complex DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 8135-8140. (IF=9.8, 164 citations).

van den Berg, R.G., J.T. Miller, J. Kardolas, M.L. Ugarte, J. Villand, J. Nienhuis, and D.M. Spooner. 1998. Collapse of morphological species in the wild potato Solanum brevicaule complex (Solanum sect. Petota). American Journal of Botany 85: 92-107. (IF=2.1, 53 citations).

Miller, J.T. and D. M. Spooner. 1996. Introgression of Solanum chacoense (Solanum sect. Petota) upland populations reexamined. Systematic Botany. 21: 461-475. (IF=1.3, 14 citations).

Spooner, D.M., J. Tivang, J. Nienhuis, J.T. Miller, D.S. Douches, and A. Contreras-M. 1996. Comparison of four molecular markers in measuring relationships among the wild potato relatives Solanum section Etuberosum (subgenus Potatoe). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 92: 532-540. (IF=2.2, 99 citations).

INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS

• Mimosoid Legume Workshop, June 4-6, 2012, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil
• International Botanical Congress Melbourne, August 2011.
• Human-mediated introductions of Australian Acacia species -- a global experiment in biogeography Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 2010.
• Fifth International Legume Conference, August 2010.

SERVICE EXPERIENCE

• Symposium Organizer, International Botanic Congress, July 23-30, 2011. "Acacia (Mimosaceae) Co-Evolution: Investigations of the Plant Genus Acacia and its Allied Biota."
• Meeting Organizer, Australian Genetics Society, Annual Meeting July 2010.
• Symposium Organizer, Fifth International Legume Conference. "Acacia Systematics," August 2010.
• Meeting Organizer, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Annual Meeting June 3-7, 2009.
• Symposium Organizer, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Annual Meeting June 3-7, 2009. Molecular evolution of plant: other interactions.
• Meeting Organizer, Evolution of Sex and Recombination: In Theory and Practice. The University of Iowa, June 16-19, 2008.
• Manager of the Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa. 2001-2008.
• Meeting Organizer, Frontiers in Genomics: Insights into Protist Evolutionary Biology, The University of Iowa, May 19-21, 2004.
• Committee Member, Organizing Committee for the Fourth International Legume Conference, Canberra, Australia. July, 2001
• Symposium Organizer, "Acacia Systematics", Fourth International Legume Conference, Canberra, Australia July, 2001.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

• Brazil, collection of Fabacae with an emphasis on Senegalia, June 2012.
• Australia, collection of Bryophytes and Acacia, Tasmania, 2011.
• Australia, collection of Acacia, central Australia, 2010.
• Australia, collection of Acacia, Western Australia, 2007, 2008, 2009.
• Mexico, western states, collection of Acacia and other mimosoid species, 2007.
• Australia, collection of Acacia aneura, Western Australia, 2006.
• Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, collection of Acacia and other mimosoid species, 2006.
• Mexico and Texas, collection of Acacia and other mimosoid species, 2005.
• Western Australia and central Australia, collection of Acacia species with emphasis on Acacia aneura, 1999, 2000, 2001.
• Hancock Experiment Station, Hancock, WI, morphological investigation of species boundaries in Solanum sect. Longipedicelata (Solanum sect. Petota), 1996.
• Hancock Experiment Station, Hancock, WI, morphological investigation of the wild potato Solanum brevicaule complex (Solanum sect. Petota), 1995.
• Bolivia and Peru, collection of potato, 1994-1995.
• Sturgeon Bay, WI, morphological investigation of introgression of Solanum chacoense (Solanum sect. Petota) upland populations, 1993.