Chris Keefer, Ph.D., serves as Southeast Technical Service Manager for Syngenta Professional Pest Management (PPM). He is responsible for providing technical support to sales and marketing in an 11-state territory that stretches from North Carolina to Florida, and west to Texas. Keefer previously was a graduate student/assistant research scientist in urban entomology at Texas A&M University, served as staff entomologist at ABC Pest & Lawn Services , College Station, Texas, and as a technician at Aggieland Pest Control. He holds a master’s and doctorate degree in entomology, both from Texas A&M University.