Email:

Tom.Miller@rice.edu

Address:

6100 Main St, MS-170
Houston, TX 77005

Phone:

713-348-4218

Miller Labmembers

	Tom E.X. Miller, Ph.D. Godwin Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Office:103A Anderson Biology Labs Email: tom.miller@rice.edu Ph: 713.348.4218
	Teresa Bohner Lab manager 103E Anderson Biology Labs Email: tfb2@rice.edu Teresa is interested in plant demography and population dynamics
	Andrew Bibian Graduate Student Andrew’s research uses experiments and models to examine the mechanisms underlying variability in the infection frequencies of fungal endophytes in native grass populations.
	Michelle Downey Graduate Student Michelle is interested in how gene flow (both intra- and inter-specific) might alter evolutionary trajectories of lineages via possible changes in genetic correlations among traits. She is examining this in the context of host-parasite interactions, where hybridization among parasites might change host specificity or contribute to adaptation to new hosts. She is currently using Bruchid beetles in the laboratory as a model system, but also plans to study natural populations.
	Brad Ochocki Graduate Student Brad is interested in the effects of landscape heterogeneity on population dynamics, particularly how patchy landscapes might influence population spatial spread.
	Michelle Sneck Graduate Student Michelle has broad interests in evolutionary ecology, including the evolution of plant mating systems, the impact of gene flow upon plant/mutualist interactions and long-term population dynamics, the role of mutualists at range boundaries, hybridization, biogeography, and conservation genetics. Michelle's website
	Johanna Ohm Senior thesis student Jo is a Duncan College senior from upstate New York. Her research interests include mutualisms, symbioses, and their effects on community dynamics. Jo’s research experience includes studies of bean beetle population dynamics with Dr. Miller, pond ecosystem studies in Dr. Volker Rudolf's lab, and studies of the human microbiome at Baylor College of Medicine. Her EEB senior thesis project examines potential costs of aggression that nectar-feeding ant species have on their cactus hosts. Although she loves cacti and ants, she also loves hiking, running for the Rice Track team and working at the campus Coffeehouse.
	Rebecca Searle Senior thesis student Rebecca’s senior thesis research focuses on patterns of sex-biased dispersal in bean beetles. She is testing predictions for the influence of inbreeding depression and local mate competition on dispersal evolution.
	Hank Lab mascot Research interests: Squirrels