About Ramblemuse^SM Associates

Ramblemuse^SM Associates is the work of Keith Eric Grant and Vicki Wingo Grant.

Keith Eric Grant holds a BS in physics from San Jose State University and an MS and Ph.D. in Applied Science (School of Engineering) from the University of California, Davis. Including time while a graduate student, he has worked for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 1972. His scientific experience includes atmospheric chemistry and and transport modeling, radiation transport, inverse problems, climate modeling, nonlinear solver development and applications, satellite data analysis, user consulting, and signal analysis. Since 1992, Keith has also been the lead instructor for Sports & Deep Tissue Massage with the McKinnon Institute in Oakland, CA. Keith has been a columnist for Massage Today since its inception in 2001. Keith is currently working with the Massage Therapy Foundation's “Best Practices Committee” on developing a process for creation of evidence-based clinical guidelines for massage as well as developing independent projects such as the Massage Medical Applications Project (MMAP) and an annotated bibliography for massage practitioners. In October 2007, Keith dropped his role as a “kept physicist” to half-time to have more time to explore entrepreneurial opportunities in computer simulation, science writing, and web development. Keith is a graduate of the 2007 Santa Fe Science Writing workshop. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), and the Northern California Science Writers Association (NCSWA).

Vicki Wingo Grant holds a B.A. in Special Education and Recreation with a minor in Outdoor Education from the University of Northern Colorado. She has been a cross-country ski instructor, a camp cook for mineral exploration teams in Alaska, and a municipal firefighter with Boulder, CO and San Ramon Valley, CA. Vicki's current focus issues include advocacy for “twice-exceptional children”, use of gardens to increase the ecological awareness of elementary school children, and altering clothes for hire (including marching band uniforms and concert-wear).