Paul Miller

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Associate Professor

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paul.miller@uga.edu
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Paul Miller joins the atmospheric sciences program in Fall 2026 following a seven-year appointment at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on tropical meteorology and climatology, primarily related to Saharan dust transport across the north Atlantic Ocean. Beyond dust, Paul's work also engages hurricane impacts and drought processes in the U.S. Caribbean and Gulf Coast. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award as well as an Early-Career Research Fellowship from the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program.

Education:
Degree Subject Institution Year
Ph.D. Geography University of Georgia 2017
M.S. Geography Virginia Tech 2014
B.S. Meteorology Virginia Tech 2012
Grants:

Miller, P. W. (PI). Saharan dust effects on Atlantic SSTs. Office of Naval Research ($199,912). 2025–2027.

Miller, P. W. (PI). CAREER: From Dust to Drought: Understanding the Multi-Scale Relationship between the Saharan Air Layer and Caribbean Water Stress. National Science Foundation ($496,244). 2023–2028.

McPeak, K., P. W. Miller (Co-PI), and M. Hiatt. WIdening the Nation's STEM Workforce INside Louisiana: WIN-WIN. National Science Foundation ($1,590,000). 2025–2030.

Sun, C., and P. W. Miller (Co-PI). Integrated Models for Predictive Dynamic Wind and Wave Loads on Offshore Wind Turbines. Ocean Energy Safety Institute ($376,870). 2025–2027.

Sun, C., P. W. Miller (Co-PI), J. Liang, and C. Ozdemir. RAISE: CET: Understanding the complex multilevel performance and environmental impacts of floating offshore wind: supercomputing empowered multiscale multidisciplinary modeling. National Science Foundation ($999,857). 2024–2027.

Selected Publications:

Miller, P. W., K. Hamilton-Wims, K. Holmes, D. Melancon, J. Meyers, and T. Treadaway, 2025. The Expanded Regulatory Significance of Saharan Dust Plumes in the United States. Environmental Science and Technology, 59, 19745–19754

Dolce, C. H., and P.W. Miller, 2025: Systematic identification of Saharan Air Layer events over the tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 64, 1343–1356.

Miller, P. W., and M. Hiatt, 2024: Hydrometeorological drivers of the 2023 Louisiana water crisis. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108545.

Miller, P. W., and J. Trepanier, 2021: Predicting the Gulf of Mexico hurricane season with 500-hPa temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094741.

Miller, P. W., A. Kumar, F. D. S. Moraes, T. L. Mote, and D. R. Mishra, 2019: Persistent hydrological consequences of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1413–1422.