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Alex S. Miller is a pioneering researcher in extreme-terrain robotics and deployable space infrastructure, with work directly supporting NASA’s Artemis program. Their primary research areas include field-reconfigurable robotic mobility systems, self-deployable lunar structures, and novel locomotion strategies for environments like permanently shadowed regions and lava tubes. Miller’s most significant contribution is the WORMS (Walking Oligomeric Robotic Mobility System) platform, a reconfigurable walking robot designed to tackle extreme lunar terrain without wheels—a constraint set by the 2022 NASA BIG Idea Challenge. This work, published in 2022 and 2023, has already garnered over 14 citations, reflecting its immediate impact on planetary exploration robotics. Additionally, Miller led the design of a stable, lightweight, self-deploying lunar tower using flight-proven composite booms, developed in collaboration with NASA Langley Research Center and MIT’s Space Resources Workshop. This tower concept, with 8 citations, addresses critical infrastructure needs for Artemis base camp. Miller’s research bridges cutting-edge robotics and deployable structures, offering scalable solutions for lunar construction and exploration. Their work is essential reading for anyone interested in in-situ resource utilization, extreme-terrain mobility, or the future of human-robotic space exploration.