Dr. Keitel Cervantes-Salguero joined Boise State in June 2020. Keitel’s research focuses on using super-resolution light microscopy to gain insight into the positional and orientational precision of dyes. Keitel uses his experience in structural and dynamic DNA nanotechnology, single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, programming and DNA-PAINT, and as well as an interest in finding new phenomena by integrating other systems and molecules with DNA nanotechnology to build his research and solve problems.

Educational Background:
Keitel earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering (National University of Engineering) in his native Perú, where he did some robotics projects and later jumped into the nano world by working under the direction of Dr. Jorge Seminario (Texas A&M) using computational quantum chemistry. He earned his M.Eng. and Ph.D. in Bioengineering and Robotics from Tohoku University, where he researched dynamic DNA structures driven by physico-chemical interactions. 

Following his doctorate, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Dr. Matteo Palma (Queen Mary University of London), where he researched single-molecule DNA origami aptasensors and chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes to develop single-molecule junctions.