Dr. Timothy C Miller

Dr. Miller is the Chief Scientist of the Seeker and Information Processing Group at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD, where he contributes to various NASA space and astrophysics projects. Earlier in his career, while searching for astrophysical neutrinos, he traveled to Antarctica six times and to Greenland once. He also received a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grant to explore how to measure the depth of ice sheets on Jupiter’s and Saturn’s moons, a potential first step in the search for life there, by detecting ultra-high energy neutrino interactions from an orbiting spacecraft.

Dr. Miller has presented on topics such as the DART mission and Antarctic astrophysics at conventions like Shore Leave. Most recently, he served as the Image Analysis Lead on NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022—NASA’s first planetary defense demonstration. In his presentations, Dr. Miller will share insights about the DART mission and NASA’s planetary defense program, highlighting the differences between Hollywood’s portrayal of asteroid deflection and the real science behind it.