Keith Seifert

Keith was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and studied biology in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Netherlands. He spent his career as a Research Scientist for Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa as a mycologist specializing in the identification and classification of microscopic fungi that produce toxins in crops and foods. His academic publications include more than 250 scientific papers and six books. From 2014-2018, he was the President of the International Mycological Association and an executive editor of the scientific journal Mycologia.