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Jeremy Miller

jeremy Miller

I am an advocate for the free and open exchange of scientific data. I take this position not only because (through public financial support) vast quantities of data rightly belong in the public domain, but because scientific power depends on independent verifiability. Evolving technologies, data standards, and norms of scientific practice are encouraging open access publishing practices and the aggregation of primary data formatted according to community standards. These trends have exciting potential benefits for science and society.

Keywords

Biodiversity, Cybertaxonomy, Spiders

Dr. Jeremy Miller

Researcher
Understanding evolution

jeremy.miller@naturalis.nl

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Research
interest

Monitoring cryptic and highly diverse groups of organisms is particularly critical at a time when our global environment is warming and urbanizing. Spiders provide a useful window into biodiversity monitoring because they feature a few conspicuous and easily recognizable species that are frequently included in citizen science data, but they also include a much greater portion of the fauna that is small, cryptic, and taxonomically challenging. 

Records of spiders in the Netherlands have been rapidly increasing in recent years, but these are dominated by just a handful of species frequently observed by citizen scientists. The far smaller number of institution-based records feature far more species. I have explored the dynamics of classical (taxonomic scholarship) and semi-automated (DNA barcoding, computer vision models) methods of processing biodiversity samples. In a changing world, the societal relevance of an institution such as ours must be to monitor and document real world consequences for biodiversity. To achieve this capacity, we will need rich data from different times and places that can be compared. 

Students and researchers conducting an inventory of the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.

Current
topics

  • Spider evolution and biology
  • Computer vision models
  • Mobilizing data from taxonomic literature

Key
publications

  • Egloff W., Agosti D., Kishor P., Patterson D., Miller, J.A. 2017. Copyright and the Use of Images as Biodiversity Data. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12502. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e12502.
  • Miller J.A., Agosti D., Penev L., Sautter G., Georgiev T., Catapano T., Patterson D., King D., Pereira S., Vos R.A., Sierra S. 2015. Integrating and visualizing primary data from prospective and legacy taxonomic literature. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5063. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5063.
  • Miller J.A., MillerJ.H., Pham D-S., Beentjes K.K. 2014. Cyberdiversity: improving the informatic value of diverse tropical arthropod inventories. PLOS ONE 9: e115750. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115750.
  • Miller J.A., Griswold C.E., Scharff N., Rezac M., Szuts T., Marhabaie M. 2012. The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys195: 1-144. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.195.2342. 
  • Miller J., Dikow T., Agosti D., Sautter G., Catapano T., Penev L., Zhang Z.-Q., Pentcheff D., Pyle R., Blum S., Parr C., Freeland C., Garnett T., Ford L.S., Muller B., Smith L., Strader G., Georgiev T., Benichou L. 2012. From taxonomic literature to cybertaxonomic content. BMC Biology 10: 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-10-87. 
  • Miller J.A., Carmichael A., Ramirez M.J., Spagna J.C., Haddad C.R., Rezac M., Johannesen J., Kral J., Wang X.-P., Griswold C.E. 2010. Phylogeny of entelegyne spiders: Affinities of the family Penestomidae (NEW RANK), generic phylogeny of Eresidae, and asymmetric rates of change in spinning organ evolution (Araneae, Araneoidea, Entelegynae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 786-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.021.
  • Miller J.A., Griswold C.E., Haddad C.R. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae). Zootaxa 2534: 1-36. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.1
  • Coddington J.A., Agnarsson I., Miller J.A., Kuntner M., Hormiga G. 2009. Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 573-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01525.x.
  • Miller J.A., Griswold C.E., Yin C.M. 2009. The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers. ZooKeys 11: 9-195. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.11.160. 
  • Miller J.A. 2007. Repeated evolution of male sacrifice behavior in spiders correlated with genital mutilation. Evolution 61: 1301-1315. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00115.x. 

All publications on Google Scholar

PhD
supervision

Naturalis aims to be a breeding ground for international scientific talent. Therefore, PhD's have a special position in our organisation.

  • F. Andres Rivera Quiroz
  • Yanell Braumuller
PhD student F. Andrés Rivera Quiroz hard at work on his research.

Teaching
activities

  • Systematics and Biodiversity (MSc level course), Leiden University
  • Tropical Biodiversity and Field Methods (MSc level course), Leiden University
  • Biodiversity (BS level course), Leiden University, 1-day unit on spiders
  • Spider Taxonomy and Field Methodologies. DEST-CETAF 

Publications

2025

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

2024

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Deeleman-Reinhold C.L., Addink W., Miller J.A. 2024. The genera Chrysilla and Phintelloides revisited with the description of a new species (Araneae, Salticidae) using digital specimen DOIs and nanopublications.. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: 57 p. Pensoft. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e129438
2023

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Groom Q., Dillen M., Addink W., Ariño A.H.H., Bölling C., Bonnet P., Cecchi L., Ellwood E.R., Figueira R., Gagnier P.Y., Grace O.M., Güntsch A., Hardy H., Huybrechts P., Hyam R., Joly A.A.J., Kommineni V.K., Larridon I., Livermore L., Lopes R.J., Meeus S., Miller J.A., Milleville K., Panda R., Pignal M., Poelen J., Ristevski B., Robertson T., Rufino A.C., Santos J., Schermer M., Scott B., Seltmann K.C., Teieira H., Trekels M., Gaikwad J. 2023. Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections.. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: 29 p. e109439. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109439
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/109439/
Szuts T., Szabó K., Zamani A., Forman M., Miller J., Oger P., Fabregat M., Kovács G., Gál J. 2023. A Study in Scarlet: Integrative Taxonomy of the Spider Genus Loureedia (Araneae: Eresidae).. Diversity 15 (2) : 26 p. 1-26. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020238
2022

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Rivera-Quiroz F.A., Miller J.A. 2022. Micro-CT visualization of the CNS: Performance of different contrast-enhancing techniques for documenting the spider brain.. Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (14) : 11 p. 2474-2485. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25343
Rivera Quiroz F.A., Miller J.A. 2022. Micro‐CT visualization of the CNS: Performance of different contrast‐enhancing techniques for documenting the spider brain.. Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (14) : 2474-2485. Wiley. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25343
2021

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Deeleman-Reinhold C.L., Miller J.A. 2021. Description of a new species of Leuserattus Proszynski et Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012, with comments on the type species L. gunung Proszynski et Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 and associated genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 30 (1) : 8 p. 105-112. DOI https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.30.1.09
Rivera-Quiroz F.A., Petcharad| B., Miller J.A. 2021. First records and three new species of the family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Thailand, and the circumscription of the genus Crassignatha Wunderlich, 1995. New Symphytognathidae from Thailand. ZooKeys 1012: 32 p. 21-53. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1012.57047
Rivera Quiroz F.A., Miller J. 2021. Old Brains in Alcohol: The Usability of Legacy Collection Material to Study the Spider Neuroarchitecture.. Diversity 13 (11) : 601. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/d13110601
2020

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Colijn E.O., Beentjes K.K., Butôt R., Miller J.A., Smit J.T., Winter A.J. de, Hoorn B. van der 2020. A catalogue of the Coleoptera of the Dutch Antilles. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 162 (23) : 67-186. brill. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-bja10006

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Rivera-Quiroz F.A., Schilthuizen M., Booppa P., Miller J.A. 2020. Imperfect and askew: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). PLoS ONE 15 (6) : 26 p. e022035. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220354
Rivera‑Quiroz F.A., Petcharad B., Miller J.A. 2020. Mining data from legacy taxonomic literature and application for sampling spiders of the Teutamus group (Araneae; Liocranidae) in Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 10: 13 p. 15787. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72549-8
2019

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Smit J.T., Miller J.A. 2019. Bat ectoparasites from Sint Eustatius, Lesser Antilles (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Streblinae; Hemiptera: Polyctenidae). Journal of Parasitology 105 (1) : 7 p. 45-51. DOI https://doi.org/10.1645/18-106
Madden H., Andel T.R. van, Miller J., Stech M., Verdel K., Eggermont E. 2019. Vegetation associations and relative abundance of rodents on St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands. Global Ecology and Conservation 20: e00743. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00743
2018

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Smit J.T., Dijkstra K.D.B., Beentjes K., Miller J., Madden H., Hoorn B. van der 2018. First records of Odonata from Sint Eustatius, Dutch Lesser Antilles. Notulae Odonatologicae 9 (2) : 5 p. 78-82. DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1481087
2017

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Wheeler W.C., Coddington J.A., Crowley L.M., Dimitrov D., Goloboff P.A., Griswold C.E., Hormiga G., Prendini L., Ramírez M.J., Sierwald P., Almeida-Silva L., Alvarez-Padilla F., Arnedo M.A., Benavides Silva L.R., Benjamin S.P., Bond J.E., Grismado C.J., Hasan E., Hedin M., Izquierdo M.A., Labarque F.M., Ledford J., Lopardo L., Maddison W.P., Miller J.A., Piacentini L.N., Platnick N.I., Polotow D., Silva-Dávila D., Scharff N., Szűts T., Ubick D., Vink C.J., Wood H.M., Zhang J. 2017. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 33 (6) : 43 p. 574-616. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12182
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12182/full
2016

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2015

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Claessens J., Beentjes K.K., Heijerman T., Miller J., Gravendeel, B. 2015. Beobachtungen von Miarus campanulae als Bestäuber von Cephalanthera rubra. Journal Europaischer Orchideen 47: 11 p. 77-87.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Schilthuizen M., Vairappan C.S., Slade E.M., Mann D.J., Miller J.A. 2015. Specimens as primary data: museums and ‘open science’. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30 (5) : 237-238. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.03.002
2014

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Vos R.A., Biserkov J.V., Balech B., Beard N., Blissett M., Brenninkmeijer C., Dooren T. van, Eades D., Gosline G., Groom Q.J., Hamann T.D., Hettling H., Hoehndorf R., Holleman A., Hovenkamp P., Kelbert P., King D., Kirkup D., Lammers Y., DeMeulemeester T., Mietchen D., Miller J.A., Mounce R., Nicolson N., Page R., Pawlik A., Pereira S., Penev L., Richards K., Sautter G., Shorthouse D.P., Tähtinen M., Weiland C., Williams A.R., Sierra S. 2014. Enriched biodiversity data as a resource and service. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: 15 p. 1-15. Pensoft. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1125
http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1125
Miller J.A., Schilthuizen M., Lilliendahl Burmester J., Graaf L. van der, Merckx V., Jocqué M., Kessler P.J.A., Fayle T.M., Breeschoten T., Broeren R., Bouman R., Chua W.-J., Feijen F., Fermont T., Groen K., Groen M., Kil N.J.C., Laat H.A. de, Moerland M.S., Moncoquet C., Panjang E., Philip A.J., Roca-Eriksen R., Rooduijn B., Santen M. van, Swakman V., Evans M.N., Evans L.J., Love K., Joscelyne S.H., Tober A.V., Wilson H.F., Ambu L.N., Goossens B. 2014. Dispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 2: 13 p. 1-13. Pensoft. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1076
http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=1076

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Ramírez M.J., Grismado C.J., Labarque F.M., Izquierdo M.A., Ledford J.M., Miller J.A., Haddad C.R., Griswold C.E. 2014. The morphology and relationships of the walking mud spiders of the genus Cryptothele (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 253: 12 p. 382-393. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.002
Kuntner M., Pristovšek U., Cheng R-C., Li D., Zhang S., Tso I-M., Liao C-P., Miller J.A., Kralj-Fišer S. 2014. Eunuch supremacy: evolution of post-mating spider emasculation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (1) : 10 p. 117-126. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1824-6
2013

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Smith V., Georgiev T., Stoev P., Biserkov J., Miller J., Livermore L., Baker E., Mietchen D., Couvreur T., Mueller G., Dikow T., Helgen K., Frank J., Agosti D., Roberts D., Penev L. 2013. Beyond dead trees: integrating the scientific process in the Biodiversity Data Journal. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: 8 p. e995. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e995

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2012

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Miller J., Dikow T., Agosti D., Sautter G., Catapano T., Penev L., Zhang Z.-Q., Pentcheff D., Pyle R., Blum S., Parr C., Freeland C., Garnett T., Ford L.S., Muller B., Smith L., Strader G., Georgiev T., Benichou L. 2012. From taxonomic literature to cybertaxonomic content. BMC Biology 10: 87. DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-10-87
2011

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Miller J., Pham D.S. 2011. Landscape biodiversity of tropical forest spider communities in Vietnam (Arachnida: Araneae). Treubia 38: 18 p. 53-70.
2010

Chapters in book

Dick C.W., Miller J.A. 2010. Streblidae (Bat Flies). 2: 12 p. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. ISBN 9780660199580.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Penev L., Agosti D., Georgiev T., Catapano T., Miller J., Blagoderov V., Roberts D., Smith V.S., Brake I., Ryrcroft S., Scott B., Johnson N.F., Morris R.A., Sautter G., Chavan V., Robertson T., Remsen D., Stoev P., Parr C., Knapp S., Kress W.J., Thompson F.C., Erwin T. 2010. Semantic tagging of and semantic enhancements to systematics papers: ZooKeys working examples. ZooKeys 50: 16 p. 1-16. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.50.538
Miller J.A., Carmichael A., Ramirez M.J., Spagna J.C., Haddad C.R., Rezac M., Johannesen J., Kral J., Wang X.-P., Griswold C.E. 2010. Phylogeny of entelegyne spiders: Affinities of the family Penestomidae (NEW RANK), generic phylogeny of Eresidae, and asymmetric rates of change in spinning organ evolution (Araneae, Araneoidea, Entelegynae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (3) : 19 p. 786-804. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.021
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310000898
2009

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Helsdingen P.J. van, Miller J., IJland S. 2009. Snelle inventarisatie van het Noordoostpolder (Kuinderbos) in Flevoland (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief Spined 27: 2 p. 16-17.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2008

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Penev L., Erwin T., Thompson F.C., Sues H.-D., Engel M.S., Agosti D., Pyle R., Ivie M., Assmann T., Henry T., Miller J., Ananjeva N.B., Casale A., Lourenço W., Golovatch S., Fagerholm H.-P., Taiti S., Alonso-Zarazaga M., Nieukerken E. van 2008. ZooKeys, unlocking earth’s incredible biodiversity and building a sustainable bridge into the public domain: From “print-based” to “web-based” taxonomy, systematic, and natural history. ZooKeys 1: 18 p. 1-17. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1.1
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/11/zookeys-unlocking-earth%E2%8…
2007

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2006

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Simmons M.P., Zhang L.B., Webb C.T., Reeves A., Miller J.A. 2006. The relative performance of Bayesian and parsimony approaches when sampling characters evolving under homogeneous and heterogeneous sets of parameters. Cladistics 22 (2) : 15 p. 171-185.
2005

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2004

Chapters in book

Miller J.A., Ubick D. 2004. Spiders.: 24 p. 105-128. ISBN 0030968356.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2003

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2000

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

1999

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

1996

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed