Miles completed his bachelor's degree in biochemistry at the Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Pos, working on heavy metal transport systems in bacteria. Due to an increasing interest in cellular biology and autophagy regulation, he joined the Stolz lab where he is investigating the regulation of ER membrane contact sites under ER stress for his master thesis. After leaving the Stolz lab, Miles started a PhD in the lab of Ivan Dikic.