Shelie Miller is the Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor in Sustainable Systems at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. She has a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She co-directs the Center for Sustainable Systems, a leading organization of systems analysis research.
Dr. Miller has a PhD in Civil and Materials Engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago. She also has an ME in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University, and a BS in Chemistry from Denison University.
The Obama White House awarded Miller a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE). She served as a Jefferson Science Fellow focusing on science policy issues at USAID through the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Numerous media outlets feature her research and commentary, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, CNN, TIME, the BBC, Forbes, Consumer Reports, and The Guardian.
When not talking sustainability, she enjoys hiking with her pup, creating wonky pottery, and striving to produce a bakery-quality baguette.