Dr. Keeling received a B.S. in Chemistry/Biology in 1990 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She worked as a biochemist for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center prior to enrolling as a graduate student in the UAB Medical Genetics Program in 1995. She received her Ph.D. in Medical Genetics in 2000. Her postdoctoral training was completed in the UAB Microbiology Department in Dr. David Bedwell’s laboratory. She joined the UAB Microbiology Department as a faculty in 2003.
