Kenneth G. Miller

Kenneth G. Miller is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University. He holds adjunct roles in research and teaching, with expertise in sequence stratigraphy, paleoceanography, and sea-level change. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1982) and A.B. from Rutgers College (1978). His career includes 9 scientific oceanographic cruises and leadership in the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project.

Education:

• Ph.D. (1982), MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oceanography
• A.B. (1978), Rutgers College, Geological Sciences

Research focuses on reconstructing sea-level changes over millions of years, integrating deep-sea geochemical records with continental margin data. Key contributions include the widely cited 2005 Science paper on Phanerozoic sea-level evolution and 2020 Cenozoic sea-level synthesis. He has pioneered methods linking seismic stratigraphy to geological time.

Awards include the Rosenstiel Award (2003), two JOI/USSAC Distinguished Lectureships, and AAPG recognition (2014). His work informs modern climate studies through historical analogs of global warming and sea-level rise.

Notable grants include NOAA funding for sea-level projections and NSF support for sequence stratigraphy research. He advises graduate students in sedimentology and marine geology, though specific advisees are not listed here.

His lab (Stratigraphy-Earth History Lab) develops open-access datasets like the Cenozoic sea-level record. Collaborative projects include the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and Chesapeake Bay impact structure drilling.