James M. Keller, PhD. received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Evansville, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte and completed a post doctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). He joined QIAGEN’s R&D department in 2014, where he created biological content for cataloged arrays and panels, developed resources and methods to aid in future in-house panel development and investigated the potential value of new molecular biology technologies and applications. In 2022, James took on the role of Senior Global Product Manager for GeneGlobe and currently manages most aspects of that platform, including its custom design-related functions.