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Elizabeth Miller

University of Oregon [email protected]


META Center for Systems Biology Twitter: @bethmillery
1229 University of Oregon (406) 207-6964
Eugene, OR 97403 elizabethtmiller.weebly.com

Education Michigan State University


PhD Plant Biology, May 2016
Kellogg Biological Station
Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior

Carleton College
BA Mathematics 2005
Concentration in Spanish

Dissertation “Community Composition and Coexistence: the Effects of Temporal


Variation and Environmental Forcing on Community Trait Distributions
and Diversity”
Graduate Committee
Christopher A Klausmeier (Chair), Elena Litchman
Orlando Sarnelle, Gary Mittlebach

Research META Center for Systems Biology, University of Oregon 2016-Present


and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Brendan Bohannan
Leadership Project: Metacommunity ecology of host-associated microbiomes
Theoretical and empirical studies

International Fish Microbiome Meeting, September 2019


Co-chair of organizing committee
Solicited and selected participants from 5 continents
Constructed budget
Organized lodging, venue, catering and activities
Ensured a smooth experience for all participants
Delegated tasks to other committee members

Gordon Research Seminar Discussion Leader, July 2018


Facilitated panel discussion after speaker session

ESA Organized Oral Session, August 2017


Organized the session program
Invited and selected speakers from all over the world
Facilitated discussion and networking

CIEE Working Group on Plankton Dynamics, December 2010


Analyzed zooplankton community dynamics
Worked with multiple high resolution datasets
Produced peer reviewed publiation

Peer Reviewer
Nature Ecology and Evolution, American Naturalist, Ecology Letters,
Journal of Theoretical Biology, Oikos, Microbial Ecology

Publications Miller ET and BJM Bohannan


“Feedback Processes in a Metacommunity: Niche construction and
Coexistence” In Prep

Erdoğan, S, M Beklioğlu, E Litchman, ET Miller, EE Levi, T Bucak,


ÜN Tavşanoğlu “Small-sized zooplankton can control phytoplankton size
structure in warm-nutrient rich lakes” In Revision, Journal of
Phytoplankton Research

2019 Miller ET and BJM Bohannan


“Life between patches: incorporating microbiome biology alters the
predictions of metacommunity models'' Frontiers in Ecology and
Evolution

2018 Miller, ET, R Svanbäck, and BJM Bohannan


“Microbiomes as Metacommunities: Understanding Host-Associated
Microbes through Metacommunity Ecology"
Trends in Ecology and Evolution

2018 Edwards, KF, CT Kremer, ET Miller, MM Osmond, E Litchman,


CA Klausmeier
“Evolutionarily stable communities: a framework for understanding the
role of trait evolution in the maintenance of diversity” Ecology Letters

2017 Burns, AR, ET Miller, M Agarwal, AS Rolig, K Milligan-Myhre,


S Seredick, K Guillemin, BJM Bohannan
“Inter-host dispersal overwhelms host factors in the assembly of host-
associated microbial communities” PNAS

2016 Miller, ET and CA Klausmeier


“Evolutionary stability of coexisting species in a two season model”
Theoretical Ecology

Miller, ET, CT Kremer, and CA Klausmeier


“Synergistic or independent? The nature of environmental variation
determines how relative nonlinearity and the storage effect interact”
In Prep

2014 Vasseur, DA, JW Fox, A Gonzalez, R Adrian, BE Beisner, MR


Helmus, C Johnson, C Johnson, P Kratina, C Kremer, C de Mazancourt,
E Miller, WA Nelson, M Paterson, JA Rusak, JB Shurin, and CF Steiner
“Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate
lake ecosystems” Proceedings of the Royal Society B

2009 Crone, EE, E Miller, A Sala


“How do plants know when other plants are flowering? Resource
depletion, pollen limitation, and mast seeding in a perennial wildflower”
Ecology Letters
Editor’s Choice Science and Faculty of 1000 Biology

Talks and 2020 Invited Talk, American Society of Microbiology: Microbe


Presentation Ecological and Evolutionary Theory of Host Microbiomes
s
Postponed until 2021 in Anaheim, CA

2019 Invited Talk, The Michigan Microbiome Project


“Life between patches: the roll of the environment in shaping the host’s
microbiome”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2019 Poster Presentation, Second International Fish Microbiome Meeting


“Dispersal in the microbiome: The matrix is not lava” Eugene, OR

2019 Contributed Talk, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting


“Life between patches: Theoretical and empirical studies of the role of
the matrix in the microbiome metacommunity” Louisville, KY

2018 Poster Presentation, Gordon Research Conference: Ecology


Across Scales “Updating metacommunity ecology for the microbiome”
Biddeford, ME

2017 Organized Talk, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting


“Biological patches: The importance of the host's population for
understanding the metacommunity ecology of host-microbiome system”
Portland, OR

2015 Invited Talk, Fukami Lab


“Temporal variation and coexistence: Ecological and evolutionary
coexistence in a 2 season world” Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

2014 Invited Talk, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting


“Temporal variation and coexistence: Ecological and evolutionary
coexistence in a 2 season world” Sacramento, CA

2013 Poster, Center for Marine Life: Trait Based Approaches to Marine
Life Symposium “Trait-wise investigation of phytoplankton communities
reveals predictable responses to environmental variation”
Copenhagen, Denmark

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