Rate My Professor Meghan Miller

Professor Meghan S. Miller is a Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. She holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the Australian National University (2006), an M.Eng. from Cornell University (2000), an M.S. from Columbia University (1999), and a B.A. from Whittier College (1997). Her academic career encompasses positions at the University of Southern California as Associate Professor (2015-2018) and Assistant Professor (2009-2015), Visiting Academic at the California Institute of Technology (2015-2016), Research Associate at the University of Calgary (2008-2009), and NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at Rice University and the University of British Columbia (2006-2009). She joined ANU as Associate Professor in 2017 and was promoted to Professor in 2021.

Miller's research centers on observational seismology to investigate the Earth's structural and dynamical evolution from core to surface. She develops novel techniques to acquire data from data-sparse regions, integrating seismic observations with geologic and geophysical data to study plate tectonics and environmental processes, particularly at subduction zones exhibiting seismicity and volcanism, and within stable continental interiors. Current work advances Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology via her ARC Future Fellowship for high-resolution subsurface imaging, microseismicity detection, and monitoring of surface phenomena such as groundwater changes and storms. She leads initiatives including the South Island Seismology at the Speed of Light Experiment (SISSLE, 2023), Southwest Australia Seismic Network (SWAN, 2023), and serves as Program Director for AuScope Earth Imaging and Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence in COMBS. Notable publications include 'The South Island Seismology at the Speed of Light Experiment (SISSLE)' (2024, Seismological Research Letters), 'Southwest Australia Seismic Network (SWAN)' (2023, Seismological Research Letters), 'Inherited lithospheric structures control arc-continent collisional heterogeneity' (2021, Geology), 'Reactivated lithospheric-scale discontinuities localize dynamic uplift of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains' (2014, Geology), and 'Mantle flow deflected by interactions between subducted slabs and cratonic keels' (2012, Nature Geoscience).