M.S. 2010 (2009 B.A. in Biology and Art, College of the Holy Cross, MA); 2016 Ph.D., Washington State University

Currently: Celtic Spirit Healer, Vancouver WA

URI-related publications

• Ingwell, L.L., Miller-Pierce, M.R., Trotter, R.T. III, and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Vegetation and invertebrate community response to eastern hemlock decline in southern New England. Northeastern Naturalist 19(4): 541-558 [PDF]
• Miller-Pierce, M.R., and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Asymmetric priority effects influence the success of invasive forest insects. Ecological Entomology 37: 350-358 [PDF]
• Preisser, E.L., Miller-Pierce, M.R, Vansant, J.L., and D.A. Orwig. 2011. Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) regeneration in the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) and elongate hemlock scale (Fiorinia externa). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(12): 2433-2439  [PDF]
• Miller-Pierce, M.R., Orwig, D.A., and E.L. Preisser. 2010. Effects of hemlock woolly adelgid and elongate hemlock scale on eastern hemlock growth and foliar chemistry. Environmental Entomology 39(2): 513-519. [PDF]