Dr. Miller is a physical and synthetic chemist with over 40 years of leadership in materials science and technology development. His diverse technical portfolio spans computational materials, surface science, and nuclear fuel processing, with specialized expertise in hydrogen storage, battery systems, and plasma-based synthesis. As the director of SwRI’s Sorption Science Laboratory (S3L), Dr. Miller oversees critical research into the gas sorption properties of natural and synthetic materials under extreme thermodynamic conditions, including planetary minerals. His work extends into planetary technology, where he has been instrumental in developing In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and propellant production (ISPP) strategies for future Mars and lunar missions. He also led the scientific team that pioneered inverted surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (iSERS) for high-sensitivity biomarker detection. Currently, he is leading a team to accelerate the development of high entropy alloys for extreme conditions using multi-scale computational methods and AI/ML algorithms coupled with high throughput synthesis.