Keith
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Physicist and Program Manager |
| Location | Charlottesville, VA |
| Introduction | I have many interests and a diverse background. I was born in the US and grew up in the middle east (Jordan) and southern Africa (Rhodesia / Zimbabwe and Botswana). I completed middle school via correspondence with The Calvert School in Baltimore, and then returned to the US for high school. I earned my PhD in physics at Penn State in 2001. Thereafter I did my postdoc in the Netherlands, before establishing a nanophysics lab and introducing several new courses at the University of Virginia. Next, I became a Program Manager for a research division of SAIC based at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC, while on leave from UVA, and then returned to teach for one year with the physics department at UVa. I am now a visiting professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, while continuing my work managing several research contracts at NRL and considering what's next. I aim to help young people get the kind of experiential education that connects them to good opportunities- that's my core motivation. |
| Interests | Writing, higher ed, finance, energy, sustainability, and many more |