Nicola Jane Milner OBE FBA FSA (born 4 September 1973) is a British archaeologist and academic.
She then moved to the University of Cambridge, where she undertook a Natural Environment Research Council funder Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.
She completed her doctorate in 1999 with a thesis tiled "Seasonality information from the incremental growth of the European oyster for Ertebølle sites in Denmark".
[7] Following her PhD she was awarded a Sir James Knott postdoctoral fellowship at Newcastle University in 1999, and was employed as a lecturer at the same institution in 2001.
In November 2019 Milner was Highly Commended in the category of 'Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year' at the Times Higher Education Awards.