Jacob Miller

Senior Project Manager

Jacob Miller is Senior Project Manager at the Smart Surfaces Coalition where he manages the Cities for Smart Surfaces Program. Jacob is a Certified Energy Manager and has worked as a materials scientist, policy analyst, journalist, and community organizer. With Smart Surfaces Coalition, he supports municipal staff and community organizations in their efforts to implement vegetated, permeable, and solar reflective surfaces for a more resilient urban environment.

Jacob brings a multidisciplinary background to the team — prior to joining SSC, Jacob was the Senior Producer & Managing Editor of Pricing Nature, a Yale Center for Business and the Environment research initiative and podcast about carbon pricing, and conducted research on novel semiconductor materials at Yale’s Energy Sciences Institute.

He holds a B.S. in Applied Physics with a certificate in Energy Studies from Yale University.