W. Geoff Keel Museum Specialist

• Phone: 301-238-1759
• Fax: 301-238-1833
• E-mail: keelw@si.edu


• Mailing and Courier Delivery Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  Department of Invertebrate Zoology
  Museum Support Center, MRC 534
  4210 Silver Hill Road
  Suitland, MD 20746
  

Responsibilities: Lab Manager, Collections care and maintenance, Transaction Management, and Scuba Diver

Education: B.S. 1995: Appalachian State University

Research Interests: Polychaetes, particularly "scaleworms" including the families Acoetidae, Aphroditidae, Eulepethidae, Polynoidae and Sigalionidae.

Selected Publications:
Barnes, D. K.A., P. Kuklinski, J.A. Jackson, W.G. Keel, S.A. Morley, and J.E. Winston. 2011. Scott's collections help reveal accelerating marine life growth in Antarctica. Current Biology, 21(4): R147-R148.

Keel, W.G., W.E. Moser, J. Giaccai, A. Ormos, J. Tanner, and L.A. Weight. 2011. Alcohol Recycling at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Collection Forum. 25(1):10-21.