Scott Baker
Expertise
Scott Baker is primarily involved in research using genetic, genomic and proteomic strategies to understand important problems in fungal biology. Before joining PNNL in 2003, Dr. Baker studied epithelial cell adhesion in mammalian cell and tissue culture. Further study included cell adhesion in a genetic system, i.e., the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Dr. Baker’s experience also includes work at the Torrey Mesa Research Institute/Syngenta, where he was a member of a team that took a genomics-based approach to the study of fungal plant pathogens. When TMRI was sold to Diversa, a biotech company, he continued to work on fungal genomics, but with an industrial emphasis.
Education
- Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, 1996
- BS, Biology, cum laude, Oregon State University, 1992
