Brief biography of John Keck
Director & Fellow, Institute for the Study of Nature
Instructor and staff member, Concourse, MIT
Dr. Keck holds a doctorate in physics from Columbia University (2001),
where he wrote his dissertation on gamma-ray and other observations of black
hole candidate GRS 1758-258. In addition to his life-long love of science, John
has studied philosophy beginning in his undergraduate days. As a graduate
student took courses in natural philosophy and metaphysics with
scientifically-trained philosophers such as James Albrecht. In 2004, John was
certified as a member of the Institute for Advanced Physics, which requires
demonstrating competence in philosophy of nature by passing an exam (evaluated
by Institute faculty Dr. Anthony Rizzi and Benedict Ashley, O.P.). He has
delivered papers on natural philosophy at the ISN Summer Conference and the
annual meetings of the American Jacques Maritain Association.His paper on
natural motion in modern physics appears in the October 2007 issue of The Thomist.
Dr. Keck currently
works and teaches in the Concourse
program at MIT.
