Who's Eric Miller?

A goodly question if I've ever heard one. I am a research scientist in the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT. I recently completed a stint in the Astronomy Department of the University of Michigan, from which I also received my Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Way back in 1996 I received a B.A. with High Honors in Physics from Oberlin College, the best damn college in this quadrant of the Galaxy.

If you're interested in my research over the past few years, you're in the wrong place. Go here.

I was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the gentle spring of 1974. When I was two, I robbed my first bank in Wichita, Kansas. After a wild cross-country crime spree, I was forced to move down to Bolivia for several years until the heat got off my back. I spent these years in solitary training, teaching myself Bushido, the Way of the Warrior. My skill with a blade quickly developed, and I vowed one day to return to my homeland and seek vengeance against my oppressors. At the age of six, I met a sultry flamenco dancer named Michelle. We were quickly married, and one year later we returned to the States to reclaim my birthright, our only possesions being my sword and her castinets.

Well, okay, so I stretched the truth a bit back there. We didn't get married until 1999. Here we are just after our 5th anniversary, don't we still look happy? (I'm the one on the left, the guy in front is just a friend.)

We don't have a cat in a hammock, but we do have some cats. This is Miles, who passed away on January 2, 2007. I have a bunch of other pictures of him and his sister, Sachi. Sachi has been trying to get along with a new brother named Boris, and he has some pictures as well.