Mark Miller

Mark Miller, PhD

Department Kinesiology
106 Totman Building
30 Eastman Lane
Amherst, MA 01003

(413) 577-4701
markmiller@kin.umass.edu
https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/about/directory/mark-miller

Assistant Professor of Kinesiology

The focus of the research in the laboratory is investigating the effects of aging and exercise on human skeletal muscle in males and females at the molecular, single fiber, tissue and whole body levels. The goal is to understand how alterations at the molecular and single fiber levels affect whole muscle contraction in order to find potential sex-specific countermeasures to prevent the age-related loss of muscle performance. The laboratory combines the use of advanced engineering methods to measure muscle function at the molecular and single fiber levels with imaging techniques to examine muscle structure from the myofibril to the tissue level, biochemical techniques to quantify proteins as well as techniques to analyze the whole body skeletal muscle contractile performance.

Learn more at www.umass.edu/sphhs/person/faculty/mark-s-miller

Academic Background

  • B.S. University of Colorado
  • M.S. University of Colorado
  • Ph.D. University of Vermont
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Vermont
  • Center for Personalized Health Monitoring 
  • Models to Medicine Center 
  • mUscleMASS