Research and Publications
Publications, Posters, Abstracts
Miller, R., Fortner, S., Lakeram, S., Leidman, S., Peek, M., Perera, E. (2021) U35A-2233 Unlearning Racism in Geosciences: A Case Study from the Juneau Icefield Research Program.https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/919125
Ground-Penetrating Radar Ice Thickness Survey of Matthes, Llewellyn, and Tulsequah Glaciers on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska and Canada | Co-Author of Poster and Abstract at AGU December 2018
• Postered and published abstract for the American Geophysical Union conference in Washington, D.C. 2018
Campbell S, Barnett C, Borreggine M, Goss G, Henzmann I, Miller R, Kaluzienski L (2018) C51F-1123 Ground-Penetrating Radar Ice Thickness Survey of Matthes, Llewellyn, and Tulsequah Glaciers on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska and Canada. American Geophysical Union Conference, December 14, 2018.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFM.C51F1123B/abstract
Paleoclimate and Tephrochronology in the Aleutians and Bering Sea | Senior Independent Project Williamstown, MA and Corvallis, OR | June 2017 – January 2018
• Worked in labs, did cumulative paleoceanographic research, organized years worth of data, and taught undergraduate student various research techniques.
Cook, M. S., Miller, R.Surface Ocean Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages From Land-Sea Tephra Correlation Constrains Deglacial Chronology and Ocean Circulation in the Southeast Bering Sea. American Geophysical Union Conference, December 14, 2017. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFMPP44A..07C/abstract target="_blank">ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFMPP44A..07C/abstract
Cook, M. S., Miller, RSurface Ocean Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages From Land-Sea Tephra Correlation Constrains Deglacial Chronology and Ocean Circulation in the Southeast Bering Sea. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFMPP44A..07C/abstract
Fluvioglacial & Landscape Chronology of Sólheimajökull & Seljavallajökull | Independent Study Reykjavík, Iceland | November 2016
• Worked with SIT World Learning with help of Icelandic Glaciological Society and IMO to make maps, write, and do field work on two glacial outflow sites. Miller, Roberta B.C., "Investigating effects of climate change on glaciers and proglacial landscapes in southeast Iceland: Fluvioglacial Behavior of Sólheimajökull and Seljavallajökull" (2016). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2453.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2453
Geoscientific Field Methods
GPS (trimble, garmin), GPR surveying, experience taking ice cores, assistance with ApRES antennas, isotopic analysis, satellite image mapping and interpretation, ice sheet mechanics calculations. Skilled in glacier traverse and field camp planning. Experience with ocean circulation and paleoclimate reconstruction.
Technical Skills and Certifications
• ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI (Intermediate user).
• R and Matlab (Beginner user).
• Python, Command Line, Github, Git (Intermediate user).
• GPR and ice-penetrating radar processing (Beginner).
• LA-ICPMS and SEM operation.
• Oracle, Google Suite, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Skype, Zoom.
• Skills in steel welding, carpentry, hand tools, beekeeping, and manual work.
• Cargo Training International Dangerous Goods Certification (ICAO, IATA, ADR, IMDG certified).
• SOLO Wilderness First Aid
• American Red Cross CPR
• Belay certification, experience coaching and training indoor and outdoor rock climbing
• Mountaineering route-finding, basic rope rescue
• Juneau Icefield Research Program: Glacier/crevasse rescue, assistance with use of a dipole 1.5 MHz GPR, 2.5 kV Kentech transmitter, and GSSI SIR 4000 Control Unit with 400 MHz antenna.
• Beginner exposure to Icepack (“Icepack is a Python library for solving the equations of motion of glacier flow”). https://icepack.github.io/
Right now, I’m figuring out my master's thesis topic. Stay tuned!! Likely going down a road of icefield fragmentation, icefall detachment, icefield vulnerability.
image: crevassing at the top of an icefall.
some fast ice at the Vaughan Lewis glacier!