The newly established W. M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry is a focal point for research at the molecular intersection of chemistry, geosciences and biology at ASU. Research in the Laboratory is overseen by a four-member Executive Council that includes Ariel Anbar, Nancy Grimm, Laurie Leshin, and Everett Shock, and is chaired by Dr. Shock in his capacity as Director.

The centerpiece of the Keck Laboratory is a newly renovated laboratory complex that occupies contiguous space in the basement of the F-Wing of the Bateman Physical Sciences Building.. These facilities include a Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a General Chemistry Laboratory for experiments and sample preparation, office space for technical staff, and a meeting room. These spaces commingle with Dr. Anbar's research facilities, including a Metal-Free Clean Laboratory and a Metallomics lab for research on metals in biological systems. Renovation of these facilities, funded by ASU, is scheduled to be completed by August 2004, and research will begin in the Keck lab during the 2004-2005 academic year.