Dr. Brian Miller is Research Coordinator for the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle, WA. He holds a B.S. in physics with a minor in engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. in complex systems physics from Duke University. He has extensive expertise in the application of thermodynamics and information theory to the problem of the origin of life. His other research interests include how the effects of mutations on the stability of protein folds relate to the rarity of functional proteins and the application of engineering concepts to biological systems.