Shelie Miller is the Jonathan W. Bulkley Collegiate Professor in Sustainable Systems at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, with a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is a core faculty member in 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, an ME in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University, and a BS in Chemistry from Denison University.
Dr. Miller was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE) by President Obama and served as a Jefferson Science Fellow focusing on science policy issues at USAID through the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Her research and commentary have been featured by numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, CNN, TIME, the BBC, Forbes, Consumer Reports, and The Guardian.
When not talking sustainability, she spends her time hiking with her pup, creating misshapen pottery, and striving to produce a bakery-quality baguette.