Principal Investigator

Dr. Lauren Miller (BS, PhD) attended Oklahoma State University as an undergraduate student and the University of California Santa Barbara as a graduate student. Prior to arriving at the University of Virginia in 2018, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University. ​Lauren uses the geological record to study how and why extinct and extant ice-sheets change, as well as to constrain coastal evolution, on timescales of decades to millennia. She is an advocate of meaningful collaboration, resourceful science, and holistic professional development. She enjoys walks in the forest, lazy weekend mornings, horse riding, cycling, coffee, and hot sauce. Lauren is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.