Research Interests
Systematics of the higher fungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) using molecular and morphological data, particularly in how their phylogenetic relationships relate to current classifications; Evolution of morphological characters in members of the Ascomycota; Biodiversity and conservation of fungi throughout North America and the Neotropics; Monographic treatments and taxonomic revisions of higher fungi; Species concepts in fungi
Research Description
Education
Ph.D., 2003, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.S., 1997, Eastern Illinois University
B.S., 1995, Eastern Illinois University
Awards and Honors
PRI Distinguished Research Scientist 2019
Eastern Illinois University Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award 2014
Additional Campus Affiliations
Principal Mycologist, Illinois Natural History Survey
Department Affiliate, Plant Biology
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Recent Publications
Dirks, A. C., Mohamed, O. G., Schultz, P. J., Miller, A. N., Tripathi, A., & James, T. Y. (2023). Not all bad: Gyromitrin has a limited distribution in the false morels as determined by a new ultra high-performance liquid chromatography method. Mycologia, 115(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2022.2146473
Hensen, N., Bonometti, L., Westerberg, I., Brännström, I. O., Guillou, S., Cros-Aarteil, S., Calhoun, S., Haridas, S., Kuo, A., Mondo, S., Pangilinan, J., Riley, R., LaButti, K., Andreopoulos, B., Lipzen, A., Chen, C., Yan, M., Daum, C., Ng, V., ... Johannesson, H. (2023). Genome-scale phylogeny and comparative genomics of the fungal order Sordariales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 189, Article 107938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107938
Karakehian, J. M., Pennycook, S. R., Rudman, N. A., Knierim, M., & Miller, A. N. (2023). (2965–2967) Proposals to conserve the names Mellitosporium with a conserved type, and Mellitosporiella (Fungi, Ascomycota, Marthamycetales) with those spellings and to conserve the name Mellitosporium versicolor with a conserved type. Taxon, 72(4), 923-925. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13007
Melie, T., Pirro, S., Miller, A. N., Smith, S. D., Schutz, K. S., & Quandt, C. A. (2023). Comparative genomics and phylogenomic investigation of the class Geoglossomycetes provide insights into ecological specialization and the systematics of Pezizomycotina. Mycologia, 115(4), 499-512. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2023.2186743
Anderson, V. M., Wendt, K. L., Caughron, J. B., Matlock, H. P., Rangu, N., Najar, F. Z., Miller, A. N., Luttenton, M. R., & Cichewicz, R. H. (2022). Assessing Microbial Metabolic and Biological Diversity to Inform Natural Product Library Assembly. Journal of Natural Products, 85(4), 1079-1088. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01197