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Scott Baker is Associate Director of the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, in Newport, Oregon, and Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. |
'''Scott Baker''' (C. Scott Baker) is Associate Director of the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, in Newport, Oregon, and Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. |
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Scott has been involved in the study of whales and dolphins for nearly 30 years, starting as an undergraduate student at New College, in Sarasota, Florida (graduated 1977), continuing with his PhD at the University of Hawaii (completed 1985) and his postdoctoral training at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute (1987-88). He has acted as a delegate to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission for New Zealand or the US since 1994, and is a member of the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN - the World Conservation Union. He is also a member of the Society for Marine Mammal Sciences the American Genetic Association and the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2007, he was appointed as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Heredity. |
Scott has been involved in the study of whales and dolphins for nearly 30 years, starting as an undergraduate student at New College, in Sarasota, Florida (graduated 1977), continuing with his PhD at the University of Hawaii (completed 1985) and his postdoctoral training at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute (1987-88). He has acted as a delegate to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission for New Zealand or the US since 1994, and is a member of the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN - the World Conservation Union. He is also a member of the Society for Marine Mammal Sciences the American Genetic Association and the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2007, he was appointed as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Heredity. |
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Charles Scott Baker | |
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| Born | August 10, 1954 |
| Education | BA 1977; PhD 1985 |
| Alma mater | New College, Sarasota, Florida, University of Hawaii, Manoa |
| Occupation(s) | conservation geneticists, molecular ecologist |
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Scott Baker (C. Scott Baker) is Associate Director of the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, in Newport, Oregon, and Adjunct Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Scott has been involved in the study of whales and dolphins for nearly 30 years, starting as an undergraduate student at New College, in Sarasota, Florida (graduated 1977), continuing with his PhD at the University of Hawaii (completed 1985) and his postdoctoral training at the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute (1987-88). He has acted as a delegate to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission for New Zealand or the US since 1994, and is a member of the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN - the World Conservation Union. He is also a member of the Society for Marine Mammal Sciences the American Genetic Association and the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2007, he was appointed as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Heredity.
Scott’s research includes both molecular and demographic approaches to the basic and applied investigation of evolutionary pattern and process in whales and dolphins, particularly their abundance, population structure, genetic diversity and systematic relationships.
Current Research Topics include: demographic and genetic impacts of whaling; molecular taxonomy and applied bioinformatics for species discovery and wildlife forensics; and population structure and genetic diversity of whales, dolphins, sea lions and fur seals, including the New Zealand endemic Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins and New Zealand sea lion.