Christine W. Miller [email protected]
Christine Miller is a Professor of Biotic Interactions at the University of Cambridge and has continuing ties to NSF-sponsored research underway at the University of Florida. She earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the University of Montana in 2007. Christine works on the evolution of morphology and behavior, particularly in the field of sexual selection. Some of her recent honors and awards include a $1.2M award (2022-2026) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF CAREER Award (2016-2022), the National Excellence in College and University Teaching Award from the USDA (2017), the University of Florida College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award (2018), and she was recognized as a Term Professor by the University of Florida twice, in 2016 and 2019. Christine moved to the University of Cambridge in 2024.
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Christine Miller is a Professor of Biotic Interactions at the University of Cambridge and has continuing ties to NSF-sponsored research underway at the University of Florida. She earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the University of Montana in 2007. Christine works on the evolution of morphology and behavior, particularly in the field of sexual selection. Some of her recent honors and awards include a $1.2M award (2022-2026) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF CAREER Award (2016-2022), the National Excellence in College and University Teaching Award from the USDA (2017), the University of Florida College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award (2018), and she was recognized as a Term Professor by the University of Florida twice, in 2016 and 2019. Christine moved to the University of Cambridge in 2024.
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Christina Salerno
Christina is a NSF Postdoctoral Laboratory Supervisor based at the University of Florida. She completed her B.S. (2017) and Ph.D. (2023) in marine biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her Ph.D. explored the patterns, causes and consequences of personality in a keystone salt marsh grazer, Littoraria irrorata. Now, Christina is working on spine biomechanics and the ecology of aggression in leaf-footed bugs. She is passionate about animal behavior and the different habitats that Florida has to offer.
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Noraly van Meer
Noraly is a NSF Postdoctoral Associate based at the University of Florida. She did her BSc and MSc in Biology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Her PhD research focused on the muscle morphology and activity patterns in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). In the Miller Lab, she is investigating the biomechanics of animal weapons, specifically how different diets affect the exoskeleton and muscles of insect weapons.
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Janice Yan
Janice is a NSF Postdoctoral Associate based at the University of Florida. She completed her B.Sc. (2019) in Biology and Psychology at McMaster University and is completing her Ph.D at McMaster in 2024. Her Ph.D examined the intersection between sexual conflict and social behaviour by constructing social networks of bed bug populations. At the University of Florida, Janice is studying the effects of variable nutritional environments on fighting behaviour, male-male competition, and sexual selection in the leaf-footed cactus bug. Outside of the lab, Janice wishes to experience all that Florida has to offer and is especially excited to see Florida’s diverse wildlife.
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James Boothroyd
James finished his B.S. at Northern Arizona University in 2017 and joined us as a Ph.D. student in the fall of 2020. James has a great interest in invertebrate biology and behavior, especially as it relates to evolution and sexual selection. In the Miller Lab James is working on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in testes and weapons. He balances his demanding research schedule with leadership, serving as the Supervisory TA for the Principles of Entomology laboratory sections, and teaching of his own laboratory section.
