Dr. Naomi F. Miller is Senior Research Scientist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology (MASCA). Dr. Miller is an archaeologist specializing in the study of plant remains from archaeological sites. She has conducted most of her field work in west and central Asia: Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Turkmenistan, but has also done stints in New Jersey, Tunisia, and elsewhere. Her main research interests are the long-term impact of human societies on the landscape and ancient economy and land use. Her current work at Gordion increasingly involves figuring out how to use living plants to help preserve the ancient ruins, improve pasture land, and incorporate environmental education into the presentation of the site and its museum. She has served as editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and is on the editorial board of Paléorient and Expedition magazine. She has co-edited several scholarly books and produced an archaeological memoir illustrated with watercolors painted in the field (Drawing on the Past, an Archaeologist's Sketchbook).
The event was sponsored by the Syracuse Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society; Syracuse University’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE); and Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Center for Environmental Policy and Administration (CEPA).

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