Jeffrey T. Miller, Ph.D.

Jeffrey T. Miller, Ph.D.

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Research Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire in the Department of Molecular Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Blog posts

2026

Upcoming Talk: Spider Webs and Climate Resilient Forests

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I’ll be giving a talk this week as part of the Yale-Myers Forest Summer Research Seminar Series, titled “Spider Webs and Climate Resilient Forests: A New Tool for Monitoring Biodiversity and Species of Concern.” I’ll cover how spider-web eDNA can be used to track wildlife and forest health, including the Hatch-funded work we’re ramping up this fall with the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, The Nature Conservancy, and NH Fish & Game.

New Paper Out

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New paper on “Guidance and best practices for species identification using eDNA metabarcoding” here helmed by Alison Watts (UNH), Zachary Gold (NOAA), and Nastassia Patin (Scripps)

2025

Spider Web eDNA

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Our partners at Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire highlighted our pilot study to use eDNA collecting in spider webs to monitor forest wildlife. Check out David Johnson article in SELT’s Understory Magazine here. We will also share this work with colleagues at the Monadnock Region Natural History Conference MRNHC on November 15th.