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Richard Keil is a Professor in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington. His research focuses on applying organic geochemistry to pressing environmental issues, particularly climate change. He studies the fate of organic matter in aquatic environments and the causes and consequences of oxygen minimum zones around the world. In addition to his research, Keil founded SoundCitizen in 2008, a citizen science project that encourages Puget Sound residents to collect water samples from various sites in the region. The SoundCitizen lab then analyzes these samples to identify links between urban settings and aquatic systems, documenting various pollutants including those from common cooking spices. Keil holds the prestigious Lowell Frankie L. Wakefield Endowed Professorship in Ocean Fishery Sciences.
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