Loren Miller

Loren Miller
Adjunct Professor
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Aquatic Organism Genetics at the University of Minnesota
External Affiliations

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Fisheries Scientist

Areas of Interest

Fisheries Conservation Genetics, Population Genetics, Hatchery Management

Research

I apply genetic principles and techniques to questions of fisheries management and ecology. I am currently conducting numerous studies using molecular genetic markers to assess genetic population structure, to identify species and their hybrids, and to determine the source population or parentage of individuals. My "species list" includes: walleye, northern pike, muskies, rainbow trout, brook trout, yellow perch, and fathead minnows. I also am concerned with applying genetic principles to the management of hatchery programs. See our lab web page for more details. Supervisor of the Aquatic Genetics (AquaGen) laboratory.

Select Publications

  • Dieterman, D.J., L.M. Miller and R.J.H. Hoxmeier. 2024. Understanding stream-resident salmonid movements in groundwater-fed streams of the Driftless Area (USA). In: Lobon-Cervia, J., Budy, P., Gresswell, R. (eds) Advances in the Ecology of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 44. Springer, Cham. 
  • Mamoozadeh, N., C. Goldsworthy, L. Miller, N. Peterson, and M. Meek. 2023. Sources of coaster brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) revealed by genomic analysis of brook trout populations along Minnesota’s shoreline with Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 49:901-917. 
  • Grow, R.C., K.D. Zimmer, J.L. Cruise, S.K. Emms, L.M. Miller, B.R. Herwig, D.F. Staples, A.R. Tipp, G.M. Gerdes, and P.C. Jacobson. 2021. Oxythermal habitat as a primary driver of ecological niche and genetic diversity in cisco (Coregonus artedi). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79(3): 503-517. 
  • Bootsma, M.L., L.M. Miller, G.G. Sass, P.T. Euclide, and W.A. Larsen. 2021. The ghosts of propagation past: haplotype information clarifies the relative influence of stocking history and phylogeographic processes on contemporary population structure of walleye (Sander vitreus). Ecological Applications 14: 1124– 1144.
  • Schaeffer, E. M., J. J. Pinkerton, P. A.Venturelli, and L. M. Miller. 2020. Muskellunge Spatial Ecology in the St. Louis River Estuary and Lake Superior. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 149:651-663.
  • Miller, L.M., N.R. Peterson, J.E. Blankenheim, K.A. Reeves, C.A. Goldsworthy. 2020. Introgression of hatchery rainbow trout in naturalized steelhead populations of western Lake Superior. J. Great Lakes Res. 46:356–365.