Joshua Miller

Joshua H. Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Cincinnati, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on interpreting ecological data from bone accumulations (death assemblages) across modern, sub-fossil, and fossil realms. He employs multidisciplinary methods combining ecology, conservation biology, and GIS to refine understanding of biological data preservation in bones. His work bridges paleobiology and modern wildlife management, with a particular emphasis on Arctic caribou migration patterns and Pleistocene megafauna dynamics.

Miller has secured significant grants including a National Science Foundation EAGER grant (2021–2023) to study climatic influences on migratory fidelity, and a National Geographic Society grant (2012–2014) exploring historical caribou calving grounds via bone analysis. His research has been published in high-impact journals such as Nature and Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

• Grants (PI):
  • National Science Foundation (DEB-2135479, $200,000)
  • Animal Welfare Institute Christine Stevens Wildlife Award ($10,000)
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contracts ($30,000–$15,000)

His scientific contributions include reconstructing historical animal movements via strontium isotopes and bone taphonomy, with notable studies on mastodon migration, mammoth extinction chronology, and caribou calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Miller collaborates internationally, addressing questions about climate change impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity.