{"id":579,"date":"2021-08-23T17:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2025-05-23T02:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:20:53","slug":"keenan-guillas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/lab-members\/keenan-guillas\/","title":{"rendered":"Keenan Guillas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-579\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-579-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-579-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-579-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-9c201d88c6c7-579\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKEENAN GUILLAS\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-579-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-579-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-579-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Keenan Guillas\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2-1010x1024.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/invertebrate-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2021\/08\/29438934.96bc5fb0a8674e192fb5e371462f7eef.21070314-2.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-579-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-579-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Keenan earned his BSc in 2018 from the University of Alberta, where he worked with Dr. Sally Leys investigating the ecology of glass sponge reefs in Hecate Strait, British Columbia. 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