Kenneth H. Keller, Ph.D.
Director of the Bologna Center; Professor of Science and Technology Policy—based at Bologna Center

Expertise

Issues
American foreign policy | biotechnology and information technology policy | education policy | environmental issues | global health policy

Background and Education
President emeritus of the University of Minnesota; was professor of chemical engineering and materials science, department chair, academic vice president and president of the University of Minnesota for more than three decades; was senior fellow for science and technology and senior vice president of programs at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York; member of the National Academy of Engineering; fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering; member of the Council on Foreign Relations; former member and chairman of the National Research Council's Board on Assessment of National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs and NASA Astrophysics Performance Committee; former member of the Board of Life Sciences, of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications, and of the Science and Technology Advisory Panel to the Director of Central Intelligence; past chair of the Medical Technology Leadership Forum; Ph.D., chemical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University

Publications
"From Here to There in Information Technology" in American Behavorial Scientist (2008); "Nanotechnology and Society" in Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2007); "Improving the Understanding of Science and Technology" in Technology in Society (2006); numerous articles in academic journals related to science, technology and international relations; widely published in medical and scientific journals on subjects including fluid mechanics, blood flow and mass transfer