Alexander Miller
Alex obtained his B.S. at the University of Chicago in 2005 (working with Prof. Greg Hillhouse), and his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in 2011 (working with Profs. John Bercaw and Jay Labinger). After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle working with Profs. Karen Goldberg and James Mayer, Alex joined the faculty at UNC-CH in 2012.
The Miller group takes a mechanism-guided approach to the discovery of new catalysts for the sustainable synthesis of chemicals and fuels. Our approach starts with the design and synthesis of transition metal catalysts, then shifts to examining catalyst performance with a focus on understanding reaction mechanism in order to inform catalyst improvements.
