Keith is the Project Manager for the UW–Madison Cryo-EM Research Center and the Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography. Keith received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the UW-Madison in 2003. He has since worked in the field of microscopy and analytical instrumentation at Imago Scientific Instruments (now CAMECA Instruments) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Having worked in project management for almost 15 years, Keith holds professional certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and as a 6-sigma black belt. He is also licensed and registered with the USPTO as a patent agent and has filed and holds patents across various technologies.