Field of Focus
  • Ecology
  • Population Biology
  • Systematics
Education
  • B.S. Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, 1994
  • M.S. Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, USA, 1996
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2001

Dr. Piller is a trained ichthyologist with a wide-range of research interests including molecular systematics, taxonomy, morphometric variation and conservation genetics of North American fishes. His current lab projects include studies in phylogenetic systematics, population and conservation genetics, and morphological diversity.