Scott Baker (marine biologist)
C. Scott Baker | |
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 Baker in his lab, 2010 | |
| Born | August 10, 1954 |
| Occupation(s) | conservation geneticist, molecular ecologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA1977;PhD1985 |
| Alma mater | New College of Florida,University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Academic work | |
| Doctoral students | Rochelle Constantine[1] |
| Notable students | Alana Alexander |
C. Scott Baker(born August 10, 1954) is an American molecular biologist andcetaceanspecialist. He is Associate Director of theMarine Mammal InstituteatOregon State University.[2]He is also Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution at theUniversity of Auckland,and Editor of theJournal of Heredity.
Early life and work
[edit]Baker was an undergraduate atNew College of Florida,later doing his PhD research onhumpback whalesat theUniversity of Hawaii, Manoa.He later worked on molecular genetics at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity,National Cancer Institute(1987–88). Starting in 1994, he became a regular delegate to the Scientific Committee of theInternational Whaling Commissionfor New Zealand or the USA, and a member of theCetacean Specialist Groupof theIUCN.
In 1993-94, Baker conducted molecular genetic surveys of whale products sold in Japan and South Korea forEarthtrust.[3][4][5]The methods for molecular identification of whales, dolphins and porpoises used in these surveys have been implemented in the web-based programDNA-Surveillance.[6][7]
Recent work
[edit]In 2001, Baker was awarded the Bronze Medal in Science and Technology from theRoyal Society of New Zealandfor his work in applied conservation genetics.[8]In 2007, he became Editor-in-Chief of theJournal of Heredity,the journal of theAmerican Genetic Association.[9]
Baker advised and took part in the feature documentaryThe Cove,and theNational Geographic ChanneldocumentaryKingdom of the Blue Whale.[10]
He is currently working atOregon State University,based in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife[11]and the Marine Mammal Institute at theHatfield Marine Science Center.[12]
References
[edit]- ^Constantine, Rochelle (2002).The behavioural ecology of the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of northeastern New Zealand: a population exposed to tourism(PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
- ^"Marine Mammal Institute".
- ^Baker, C. S. andPalumbi, S. R.(1994). Which whales are hunted? A molecular genetic approach to monitoring whaling. Science 265: 1538-1539.
- ^Baker, C. S., Cipriano, F. andPalumbi, S. R.(1996). Molecular genetic identification of whale and dolphin products from commercial markets in Korea and Japan. Molecular Ecology 5: 671-685.
- ^Angier, Natalie (September 13, 1994)."DNA Tests Find Meat of Endangered Whales for Sale in Japan".The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-02.
- ^"Home".dna-surveillance.auckland.ac.nz.
- ^Ross, H. A., Lento, G. M., Dalebout, M. L., Goode, M., McLaren, P., Rodrigo, A. G., Lavery, S. and Baker, C. S. (2003). DNA surveillance: web-based molecular identification of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Journal of Heredity 94(2): 111-114.
- ^http:// royalsociety.org.nz/Site/about/governance/yearbooks/2001/awards.aspx[permanent dead link]
- ^"Oxford Journals | Life Sciences | Journal of Heredity".jhered.oxfordjournals.org.Archived fromthe originalon 18 October 2005.Retrieved17 January2022.
- ^National Geographic siteArchived2010-02-25 at theWayback Machine
- ^Scott Baker's profile at OSU's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- ^Scott Baker's profile at OSU's Marine Mammal Institute
External links
[edit]- Oregon State homepage
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