{"id":2,"date":"2012-09-04T13:39:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:16:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kees\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kees\/files\/Keesling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jed Keesling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chair of Mathematics<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007-2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">UF Term Professor<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">University of Florida<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2018-2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. 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