Awards & Honors

Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, 2018
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
Miller and Cohen (2001) identified as the 5th most-cited paper in Neuroscience (Yeung et al., 2017)
Paul and Lilah Newton Brain Science Award, 2017
Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2016
Commencement Address, Kent State University, 2016
Elected to the Memory Disorders Research Society, 2016
Professional Achievement Award, Kent State University Alumni Association, 2015
Amar G. Bose Research Fellow, 2014
Antzoulatos and Miller (2014) selected as one of Neuron’s best papers of 2014-2015
Distinguished Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2013
Biomed Distinguished Lecturer, University of Leuven, 2011
MERIT Award, National Institute of Mental Health, 2010
A.J. Carlson Memorial Lecture, University of Chicago, 2009
“An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function” (Miller and Cohen, 2001) designated a Current Classic by Thomson Scientific as among the most cited papers in the field of Neuroscience and Behavior, 2008
Mathilde Solowey Award in the Neurosciences, 2007
Jeffrey Lecture in Cognitive Neuroscience, UCLA, 2007
Elected to the International Neuropsychological Symposium, 2006
Grass Lecture, University of Illinois, 2006
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
Fred Attneave Memorial Lecture, University of Oregon, 2004
Picower Professorship (endowed chair), 2003
Elected to the International Society for Behavioral Neuroscience, 2001
Society for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award, 2000
National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award, 2000
Tenured at MIT two years ahead of schedule, 1999
Class of 1956 Career Development Professorship (endowed chair), 1999
John Merck Scholar Award, 1998
Pew Scholar Award, 1996
McKnight Scholar Award, 1996
Whitehall Foundation Fellowship, 1996
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1996
National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship, 1987
National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Training Fellowship, 1986
Graduate summa cum laude with honors, Kent State University, 1985
Phi Beta Kappa, 1985