Kristen Miller

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  • Doctoral Candidate - Vertebrate Paleontology

Contact Info

Dyche Hall
Lawrence
1345 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

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Biography —

Kristen Miller is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Kansas in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Her current research focuses on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Paleocene mammals from Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Education —

B.A. in Biological Anthropology, Colorado State University, 2018, Fort Collins, CO
Cum Laude
M.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2021, Lawrence, KS

Research —

Research interests:

  • Vertebrate paleontology, mammalian evolution, phylogenetics, biogeography

Selected Publications —

Métais, G., Coster, P., Kaya, M., Licht, A., Miller, K., Ocakoğlu, F., Rust, K. and Beard, K.C., 2024. 

Rapid colonization and diversification of a large-bodied mammalian herbivore clade in an insular context: New embrithopods from the Eocene of Balkanatolia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 31(2), p.15. Miller, K., Tietjen, K. and Beard, K.C., 2023. 

Basal Primatomorpha colonized Ellesmere Island (Arctic Canada) during the hyperthermal conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum. Plos one, 18(1), p.e0280114.