Michael I. Miller

Timeline

1. 1976–1983

   A Johns Hopkins doctorate

   He earns a BS at Stony Brook in 1976, then an MS and PhD in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1978 and 1983. He receives first prize in the IEEE Biomedical Engineering Thesis Awards in 1982.

2. 1984–1998

   Faculty at Washington University

   He is on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis from 1984 until 1998. He receives the Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1986.

3. 1997

   Computational anatomy as a theory

   He and Ulf Grenander introduce computational anatomy as a formal theory of human shape and form in May 1997.

4. 1998

   Professor at Johns Hopkins

   In July 1998 he joins Johns Hopkins as a professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, where he leads the Center for Imaging Science.

5. 2007

   A book on pattern theory

   He and Ulf Grenander publish Pattern Theory: From Representation to Inference in 2007, a book that elaborates their work on computational anatomy.

6. 2014

   Braak staging on clinical MRI

   In 2014 he and Laurent Younes show that Braak staging of the entorhinal cortex can be demonstrated with diffeomorphometry on clinical MRIs.

7. As of October 2026

   Director of biomedical engineering

   He is Bessie Darling Massey Professor and director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins, a post he takes up in 2017. His specialties include data science and pattern theory, and he co-directs the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute. He joins the Johns Hopkins University Gilman Scholars in 2011.