ROBERT J. BAKER
CURRICULUM VITAE
(printable version)

Personal:               
                Born: 8 April 1942, Warren, Arkansas
                Married to Laura Kyle Baker, M. D.
                Children, April Jeanee and Robert Kyle

Education:            
                Arkansas A & M College, Monticello, B. S., 1963
                Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, M. S., 1965 (Dr. Bryan P. Glass, Major Advisor)
                University of Arizona, Tucson, Ph.D., 1967 (Dr. E. Lendell Cockrum, Major Advisor)
                Harvard University, Developmental leave, 1986 (Dr. Rodney L. Honeycutt)

Present Position:
                Horn Professor, Department of Biological Sciences; Director, Natural Science Research Laboratory; Curator                of Mammals and Genetic Resource Collection, Texas Tech University.

Research Interests:
                Systematics; American Leaf-Nosed bats; Speciation; Factors affecting chromosomal evolution; Genetic                 consequences of environmental pollution; Conservation genetics and cultivar identification; DNA zip codes;                 Genome Organization; in situ hybridization and chromosomal architecture; Transposons; Molecular genetics;                 Contact zones between chromosomal races.
               
Courses Taught:
                Mammalogy, Histology, Cytology, General Zoology, Biological Status of Man, Advanced Mammalogy, Field                 Methods, Collection Management, Systematic Biology, Evolution, plus various research courses.

Administrative Experience:
                Associate Director of the Museum, for Research - 4 years
                Director, Natural Science Research Laboratory - 1976 to present
                Associate Chairperson, Biological Sciences - 1985 - 1986.

Other Experiences:
                Research Associate, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Section of Cell Biology -- 2        summers. 
                Research Associate Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 1975 - 1990. 
                Research Associate, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Biology Dept., the University of New Mexico,
                                1988 - Present. 
                Member, Board of Directors, Nature Conservancy of Texas, 1996-present
                Member, Board of Directors, Helen Hodges Educational Charitable Trust, 1987-present
                President, Texas Panhandle Retriever Club, 1982-1983.

Current University Committees:

Selected University Committee Experience
Faculty Senate
                Athletic Council
                Chair, University Horizon Campaign (raised over $13 million for Texas Tech University)

 

               

               

Currently funded Research:
                Texas State Line Item, (work on cultivar identification)
2000-2001 - $186,000.00.  This program has been funded for $800,000 over the past eight years prior to the current grant

                Texas State Line Item, (work on biological data base)
2000-2001 - $446,000.00.  This research effort has been funded for $892,000 from 1996 to 1999.

                Chernobyl research, DOE.
2001 - $110,000.00

                Other small grants & contracts approximately $30,000.

 

Field Experiences:
                Over thirty months in Neotropics in the following countries: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Dominica, Montserrat, also the southwestern and southern U. S., Tunisia, England, Cuba and Ecuador.  Twenty weeks at Chernobyl, Ukraine.

 

Editorial Experiences:
                General notes editor for the Journal of Mammalogy, 1972-1973.
                Feature articles editor for the Journal of Mammalogy, 1974-1975.
                Editor of Occasional Papers and Special Publications of The Museum, Texas Tech University, 1975-1984, 1992-present
                Associate Editor: Systematic Zoology, 1980-1982
                Managing Editor: Journal of Mammalogy, 1982-1984 and 1992-1993
                Journal Editor: Journal of Mammalogy, 1985-1987
                Editorial Board Member, Current Mammalogy, 1986-2000
                Associate Editor: Journal of Heredity, 1989-1996
                Associate Editor: Chromosome Research, 1992-1995
                Editorial Board Member: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 1992-present
                Editorial Board Member: Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1993-present
                Associate Editor, The Wildlife Bulletin, 2003-2005

Society Affiliations:
                AAAS
                American Association of Museums
                American Genetics Association (Elected Council Member, 1993-1995)
                American Society of Mammalogists (Member Board of Directors, 1973-1984, 1986-1992; First Vice-President, 1993-1994; President, 1994-1996; Honorary Member, 2005).
                International Mammalian Genome Society
                Sigma Xi (President, local chapter 1989)
                Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections
                Society for the Study of Evolution
                Society of Systematic Biologists (Councilor, Class of 1993)
                Southwestern Association of Naturalists (President, 1981)
                Texas Academy of Science (Elected Fellow 1990)
                Texas Association of Museums
                Texas Genetics Society (Elected to Board of Directors, 2000)
                Texas Society of Mammalogists (President, 1990; Honorary Member, 1997)

 

Awards:

Sigma Delta Chi Honor for undergraduate teaching, 1970
Paul Whitfield Horn Professor, TTU, 1979
C. Hart Merriam Award from American Society of Mammalogists, 1980
Faculty Research Award, Arts and Sciences, 1980 and 1986
Distinguished Alumnus, University of Arkansas at Monticello, 1981
Texas Tech University President's Award for Excellence in Education, 1987
Barney E. Rushing, Jr. Award for Excellence in Research, 1989
Fellow, Texas Academy of Science, 1990
ARCS Distinguished Scientist, 1993
Don Tinkle Award for Research from Southwestern Association of Naturalist, 1993
H. H. T. Jackson Award from American Society of Mammalogists, 1994
John Tanner Memorial Lectureship, Brigham Young University, 1994
George Misch Sutton Lectureship, University of Oklahoma, 1995
Honorary Member, Texas Society of Mammalogists, 1997
Grover E. Murray Education Award for Outstanding Contributions to Higher Education, Texas Tech
University, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, 1998
Joseph Grinnell Award from American Society of Mammalogists, 2000
Distinguished Alumnus, Oklahoma State University, 2001
Award for Excellence in Graduate Education from the TTU Association of Biologists, 2001
Texas Tech University Teaching Academy, 2001
Robert L. Packard Award for Education from Southwestern Association of Naturalist, 2002
Special Achievement Award from the Texas Society of Mammalogists, 2002
Professing Excellence from Texas Tech University, 2002
Barbara H. Bowman Award from the Texas Genetics Society, 2005
Honorary Membership from the American Society of Mammalogists, 2005

 

Individuals that authored research papers based on work they did as undergraduates in the laboratory of Robert J. Baker at Texas Tech University.

Student                                  Highest Degree    University of                                        Present Position
                                                    To Date              Highest Degree

1.  Genaro Lopez                           Ph.D.                Cornell Univ.                                       Prof., Southmost University at
                                                                                                                                                Brownsville, Tx
2.  James J. Bull                             Ph.D.                Univ. of Utah                                      Prof., Univ. of Texas at Austin

3.  Robert G. Jordan                     Ph.D.                Univ. of Oregon                                 Prof., U.S. Military Academy West
                                                                                                                                                Point, NY
4.  Brent Davis                              M.S.                  Texas Tech Univ.                               Deceased

5.  Gregory Mingden                   Ph.D.                Australian Natl. Univ.                       Staff Research Position, U. of T.
                                                                                                                                                San Antonio
6.  S. L. Williams                           Ph.D.                ---                                                        Faculty Strecker Museum at Baylor
7.  William B. Wyatt                     B.S.                   Texas Tech Univ.                               Engineer at IBM

8.  John C. Patton                         Ph.D.                Univ. of Georgia                                 Science Director, Spur Independent
                                                                                                                                                School District
9.  Michael Arnold                       Ph.D.                Australian Natl. Univ.                       Asst. Prof., Dept. of Genetics,
                                                                                                                                                Univ., of Georgia, Athens
10. Cynthia Dunn                         M.D.                 Texas Tech Univ.                               Private Practice OB/GYN
                                                                                                                                                Lubbock, TX        
11. Mark Bayouth                        M.D.                 Med School, Univ. TX Med.            Residency program
                                                                                  Branch Galveston
12. Andy Simmons                       Ph.D.                U. of T. SW Med. Center, Dallas     Postdoctoral associate, SW Med.
                                                                                                                                                Center, Dallas
13. Jeremy Hudgeons                  B.S.                   Texas Tech Univ.                               Ph.D. program at Texas A&M

14.  Kala Haiduk-Sigler                M.D.                 U. of T., San Antonio                        Private practice, pediatrics,
                                                                                                                                                Edmond, OK
15.  Erin P. Reat                             M.S.                  Purdue University                              unknown

16.  Amanda J. Wright                 Ph.D.                Texas Tech University                      Post Doc, Harvard

17.  Lara E. Wiggins                     M.D.                 Baylor Medical School                      Faculty, TTU Medical School

18.  Amy Bickham                        B.S.                   Texas Tech University                      PhD. Student, U.T. Austin

19.  Chrissy A. Cline                    B.S.                   Texas Tech University                      Johnson & Johnson
A list of these publications can be provided on request.

 

Masters Theses Directed:

1.   Mr. Dale L. Berry.  1969.  Karyotypes and chromosomal evolution in West Texas Pocket Gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae).

2.  Dr. Omer J. Reichman.  1970.  Ecology and systematics of pocket gophers of the Davis Mountains, Texas.  Present position: Prof. Ecology, Evolutionary Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

3.  Dr. William J. Bleier.  1971.  Early embryology of Macrotus waterhousii californicus, the California leaf-nosed bat.  Present position: Chairman, Dept. of Zoology at North Dakota State University.

4.  Mr. Brent Lee Davis.  1973.  Morphometrics, cytotaxonomy, and evolution of mainland bats of the genus Macrotus Gray.  Deceased.

5.  Dr. Stephen L. Williams.  1973.  Vagility and local movements of pocket gophers (Thomomys and Pappogeomys) in an area of sympatry.  Present position : Asst. Prof., Museum Studies, Baylor University.

6.  Dr. I. F. Greenbaum.  1975.  Evolutionary relationships in the genus Macrotus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidae) as indicated by biochemical variation.  Present position: Professor, Dept. of Biology, Texas A&M University.

7.  Dr. John E. Cornely.  1975.  Ecological distribution of woodrats in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.  Present position: US Fish and Wildlife Services, Denver, CO.

8.  Dr. Margaret O'Connell.  1975.  Coexistence of two species of kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys) in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas.  Present position: Prof. Biology, Eastern Washington State University.

9.  Mr. Edward Pembleton.  1975.  Dynamics of a contact cone between two cytotypes of Geomys bursarius.  Present position: Director of Water Resources Project, National Audubon Society.

10. Dr. John C. Patton.  1976.  Evolutionary implications of the G-banded and C-banded karyotypes of Phyllostomatoid bats.  Present position: Visiting Prof, Blinn College.

11. Ms. Rebecca A. Bass.  1978.  Systematics of the Desmodontinae and Phyllonycterinae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) based on G-band chromosomal homologies.  Present position: Medical Technician, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine.

12. Ms. Laurie Erickson.  1979.  Genetics of white-tailed deer of south Texas.  Present position: PhD student, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina. 

13. Ms. Annette Johnson.  1979.  Evolutionary implications of G- and C-banded chromosomes of 13 species of Stenodermatine bats.  Present position: Housewife, mother, school board member, Amarillo, TX.

14. Dr. Paul Young.  1979.  Summer activity patterns of rock squirrels in central Texas.  Mr. Young's research and program was directed by Dr. R. L. Packard.  However, I am advisor of record due to Dr. Packard's death.  Present position: Research Asst., Univ. of Arizona.

15. Dr. Karen McBee.  1980.  Morphometric analysis of three subfamilies of the Phyllostomatidae (Chiroptera): An evaluation of the M-statistic.  Present position: Professor, Dept. of Zoology, Oklahoma State University.

16. Dr. Mike Arnold.  1981.  Karyotypic megaevolution in species of New World leaf-nosed bats.  Present position: Professor, Dept. of Genetics, University of Georgia.

17. Dr. Ben Koop.  1982.  Electrophoretic studies of relationships of six species of Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae).  Present position: Professor, University of Victoria, Canada.

18. Ms. Cora Clark.  1983.  Relationships between Peromyscus maniculatus oreas and P. m. austerus as indicated by differentially stained chromosomes.  Present position: Univ. of New Mexico.

19. Dr. Kimberlyn Nelson.  1984.  Genetic interacting between hybridizing cytotypes of the white-footed mouse, (Peromyscus leucopus).  Present position: Forensic examiner, Mytotyping Technologies, LCC, Pennsylvania.

20. Dr. Hae Kyung Lee.  1985.  Chromosomal evolution in the pocket gopher, Cratogeomys castanops (Rodentia Geomyidae).  Present Position: Assistant Professor, Korean University.

21. Mr. Albert Kumirai.  1989.  Phylogenetic relationships in the bat genus Rousettus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) as indicated by gel electrophoresis.  Present position: Director Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe.

22. Mr. Kevin L. Bowers.  1992.  A menu-driven software package for managing specimen data in biological research collections.   Present Position: Research, Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station, Texas Parks and Wildlife.

23.  Dr. Mary Maltbie.  1992.  DNA fingerprints as a measure of genetic similarity in endangered species.  Present position: Researcher at Charles River Therion.

24.  Mr. Shelly Witte.  1993.  Cellular DNA variation within individuals of the white-footed mouse: absence of hybrid breakdown.  Present Position: Research assistant at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX.

25. Ms. Susan Carron.  1995.  Development of genetic markers to identify cultivars and populations of upland cotton Gossiypium hirsutum.

26. Mr. Sergio Tiranti.  1996.  Cytogenetics of some mammal species from central Argentina.  Present position: Ph. D. student, Texas Tech University and Adjunct Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, La Pampa, Argentina.      
               
27. Mr. Ted Jolley.  1997.  (co-advised with R. D. Bradley) Evolution of the 12s rRNA gene in pocket gophers (Genus Geomys).  Present position: Dentist, Little Rock, AR. 

28. Ms. April Bates.  1997.  (co-advised with R. R. Monk).  Collection and curation of herptiles in museum collections.
               
29. Ms. Ellen Roots.  1998.  Distribution and Characterization of Microsatellites in the Emu Genome (Dromaius novaehollandiae).

30. Ms. Britney Hager. 1998.  (co-advised with R. R. Monk) A Policy Guideline for Loaning the Non-Renewable Resource of Frozen Tissues in Museums.  Present position: Dallas Zoo.

31.  Dr. Cole Matson.  1999.  Characterization of the mitochondrial DNA control region of Clethrionomys, and its use as a genotoxicological marker.  Present position: Postdoctoral position at Texas A&M Univ.

32.  Mr. Oleksiy Knyazhnytskyi.  1999.  (co-advised with R. R. Monk) Assignment of global information system coordinates to classical museum localities for relational database analyses.  Present Position: in private business in Kiev.
               
33.  Ms. Nicole Lewis-Oritt.  2000.  Molecular Systematics of the Bat Genera Noctilio, Mormoops, and Pteronotus Based on Cytochrome b and RAG2 Gene Sequences.   Present position: PhD student at the Univ. of Utah.
               
34.  Ms. Raegan D. King.  2000.  (co-advised with R. R. Monk) Data Management in Recent Mammal Collections. 
               
35. Ms. Emma Mae Pamela Dawson.  2001.  Collections Documentation:  Creating a Relational Database for the National Museum of Belize.  Present position: PhD. Student, Texas Tech Univ.

36. Ms. Amy Halter.  2001.  Standards for Management of the Recent Mammal and Bird Collections at Texas Tech University.

37.  Mr. Mark Bryan O’Neill.  2001.  Cytochrome-b Variation in Shrews: Application in Systematics and Conservation.  Present Position: Researcher at Lexicon Genetics.

38.  Ms. Mariko Kageyama.  2003.  Master of Museum Science.  Re-evaluation of museum voucher specimens in the modern biological research.  Present position: Internship at the American Museum of Natural History. 

39.  Ms. Yelena Dunina-Barkovskaya.  2003.  Population genetics of rodents living in the Chornobyl environment based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.  Present position: PhD student at Texas Tech Medical School.

40.  Mr. Rene Fonseca.  2004.    Morphological differentiation among three species of Phyllostomid bats:  Implication to the role of the Andes in speciation and South American mammalian biodiversity.  Deceased.

41.  Holly Bjorum.  2005.  MA Interdisciplinary Studies. 

 

Ph. D. Dissertations Directed:

1.  Dr. J. Hoyt Bowers.  1973.  Evolutionary and genetic studies of selected populations of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and black-eared mice (P. melanotis).  Present Position: Professor, Wayland Baptist College.

2.  Dr. Jerry W. Warner.  1973.  Cytogenetics of the plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus).  Present Position: Dean of Arts and Sciences, Northern Kentucky University.

3.  Dr. V. Rick McDaniel.  1973.  Aspects and evolutionary implications of the brain anatomy of American leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae).  Present position: Professor of Zoology, Arkansas State University.

4.  Dr. William J. Bleier.  1975.  Fine structure of the early embryology and the corpus luteum of the California leaf-nosed bat.  Present Position: Chairman, Dept. of Zoology, North Dakota State University.

5.  Dr. John Bickham.  1976.  Chromosomal banding and phylogenetic relationships of vespertilionid bats.  Present Position: Professor, Dept. Range and Wildlife, Texas A&M University.

6.  Dr. Ira F. Greenbaum.  1978.   Evolutionary genetics and speciation of the tent-making bat, Uroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae).  Present Position: Professor, Dept. Biology, Texas A&M University.

7.  Dr. Terry L. Yates. 1978.   The systematics and evolution of North American moles (Insectivora: Talpidae).  Present Position: Vice President for Research, University of New Mexico.  Past NSF Systematics Program Director.

8.  Dr. Rodney L. Honeycutt.  1981.  Molecular evolution in New World leaf-nosed bats of the family Phyllostomidae: with comments on the superfamily Noctilionidae.  Present Position: Professor, Dept. Range and Wildlife, Texas A&M University.  Past NSF Systematics Program Director.

9.  Dr. Margaret A. O'Connell.  1982.  Population ecology of small mammals from northern Venezuela.  Present Position: Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

10. Dr. Mike Haiduk.  1983.  Evolution in the family (Pteropodidae: Chiroptera: Megachiroptera), as indicated by chromosomal and immunoelectrophoretic analyses.  Present Position: Assoc. Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

11. Dr. Fred B. Stangl, Jr.  1984.  Dynamics of chromosomal variation between chromosomally characterized races of Peromyscus leucopus (Rodentia: cricetidae).  Present Position: Professor Biology, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.

12. Dr. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh.  1986.  Chromosomal evolution in the rodent family Gerbillidae.  Present Position: Assoc. Prof. of Genetics, Yale Medical School.

13. Dr. Craig S. Hood.  1986.  Phylogenetic relationships of the Old World nectar-feeding bats (Pteropodidae: Macroglossinae) based on features of the female reproductive tract.  Present position:  Professor, Department of Biology, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

14. Dr. David C. Kerridge.  1987.  Population polymorphism, cladistical congruences and specific recognition of some of Oryzomys based upon electrophoretic analyses.  Retired.  Last position: Senior Biologist, Malaspina College, Dept. of Biology, Nanaimo, B. C. V9R 5S5, Canada.

15. Dr. Ronald A. Van Den Bussche.  1989.  Systematic study of the genera of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae: Cladistical analysis of site variation in the ribosomal DNA cistron. Sloan Fellow 1990-1992.  Present Position: Professor, Dept. Zoology, Oklahoma State University.

16. Dr. Meredith J. Hamilton. 1989.  Intragenomic movement and concerted evolution in satellite DNA in peromyscine rodents: evidence from in situ hybridization.  Present position: Asst. Prof. Zoology, Oklahoma State University

17. Dr. Alec Knight.  1991.  Co-directed with Dr. Llewellyn D. Densmore, III.  Molecular systematics of the Agkistrodon complex.  Present position: Senior Research Scientist, Dept. Anthropology, Stanford University.

18. Dr. Robert D. Bradley.  1991.  Factors that effect chromosomal evolution: repetitive DNA in conservative versus rapidly evolving karyotypes.  Present Position: Assoc. Professor, Texas Tech University

19. Dr. Calvin A. Porter.  1992.  Genome organization in squamate reptiles: ribosomal genes and other repetitive sequences.  Present  Position: Asst. Prof. Biology, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana.

20. Dr. Jonathan L. Longmire.  1993.  Distribution and organization of repetitive DNA sequences on human chromosome-16.  Present Position: Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

21. Dr. Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales. 1994.   Taphonomy and Paleoecology of San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.  Present Position: Senior Scientist, National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City, Mexico.

22. Dr. Cheryl A. Schmidt.  1995.  Geographic Variation of Peromyscus leucopus:  Microsatellite Variation at Regional and Local Levels.  Present Position:  Interim Assistant Professor, Division of Math/Science, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska.
               
23.  Dr. James Andrew DeWoody.  1997.  Molecular evolution in Microtus from Chernobyl, Ukraine.  Present Position: Assoc. Prof. of Genetics, Purdue Univ.

24. Dr. Mary Maltbie.  1997.  Repetitive DNA in Genome Organization of Phyllostromoid Bats: Test of a Molecular Model for Chromosomal Evolution.  Present Position: Research Scientist, Charles River Therion.

25. Dr. Richard Monk.  1997.  Automated Data Management in Systematic Collections.  Present position:  Curatorial Assoc., Dept. of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History. 

26.  Dr. James Cathey.  1997.  Using Microsatellite DNA to Assess Genetic Stocks of Canada Geese in the Central Flyway.  Present position: Gus Engeling WMA, Tennessee Colony, Texas.

27.  Dr. Burhan Ghariebeh.  1997.  Systematics, Distribution, and Zoogeography of the Mammals of Tunisia.  Present position: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.

28.  Dr. Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova.  1999.  Microsatellite Evolution in Mice (Apodemus): Origin of Alleles, Multiple Paternity, and Mutation Rate at Chernobyl.  Present position: Asst. Prof., Penn State Univ.

29.  Dr. Anton Nekrutenko.  1999.  Development of Species and Genome Specific Genetic Markers by Representational Difference Analysis:  Application in Systematic and Evolutionary Research.  Present position: Asst. Prof., Penn State Univ.

30.  Dr. Kelly Allen.  2000.  Areographic Fragmentation Analysis of Texas Mammal Distributions:  A Fractal Analysis.

31.  Dr. Brenda E. Rodgers.  2000.  Cytogenetic Effects of Exposure to Chornobyl Radiation.  Present position: Asst. Prof, West Texas A&M Univ.

32.  Dr. Jeffrey K. Wickliffe.  2002.  Molecular genetic consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation:  studies at Chornobyl.  Present position: Research position, University of Texas Medical School.

33.  Dr. Federico G. Hoffmann.  2002.  Molecular systematics of Neotropical bats of the genera Carollia, Glossophaga, Tonatia, and Uroderma.  Present position: Postdoctoral position, Univ. of Nebraska.

34.  Dr. Deidre A. Parish.  2003.  Genome Organization, Mobile DNA and Chromosomal Evolution in Mammals.

35.  Dr. Adam Fuller.  2004.  Conservation genetics of the endangered Gila Trout and the threatened Arkansas River Shriner. Past position: F&W Service.  Current position: Post-Doc, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, Juneau Center of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

36.  Dr. Emma Mae Pamela Dawson.  2005.  Predicted Species Richness in the Chihuahuan Desert: A GIS Analysis of Spatial and Ecological Data.

 

Currently, I have ten graduate students and two undergraduates in my laboratory:
Michelle Knapp, PhD
Hugo Mantilla, PhD
Heather Meeks, PhD
Miguel Pinto, PhD
Norma Salcedo, PhD
Sergio Solari, PhD
Vicki Swier, PhD
Adam Brown, MS
Peter Larsen, MS
Donelle Schwalm, MS RWFM, Co-chair with Warren Ballard
Genevieve Kendall, Undergraduate, Howard Hughes Scholar
Robert Bull, Undergraduate

 

Postdoctoral affiliation:
Karen McBee, 1986-87. Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.  Current position: Assoc. Professor, Biology, Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Laura Janecek, 1991-1992, Ph.D. from University of New Mexico. Current position: Program Coordinator, Savannah River Ecology Lab.

Ron Van Den Bussche, 1992-1995, Ph. D. from Texas Tech University.  Current position, Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University.

Meredith J. Hamilton, 1994 - 1995, Ph. D. from Texas Tech University.  Current position, Instructor at Oklahoma State University.
                   
Ann E.M. Baker, 1995-present, Ph.D. from Stony Brook University.
                   
John C. Patton, 1996-1997, Ph.D. from University of Georgia.  Current position, Science Director, Spur School District
                   
Calvin A. Porter, 1998-2001, Ph.D. from Texas Tech University.  Current position, Assistant Professor, Xavier College in New Orleans.

Brenda E. Rodgers, 2000-2001, Ph.D. from Texas Tech University.  Current position, Assistant Professor, West Texas A&M University.

Steven R. Hoofer, 2002-present, Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University.

 

Symposium Papers Presented:

1.     Mammals of the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, (with Hugh H. Genoways as Senior Author).  Presented at Symposium entitled "Biological Investigation into the Guadalupe Mountain National Park," Texas.

2.     Zoogeographic affinities of the bats of the Antilles (with Hugh H. Genoways, Co-Author). Presented at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Leidy Symposium honoring Mr. James Bond.

3.     Cytosystematics of South American Bats.  Presented at the University of Pittsburgh at Symposium on South American Mammals.

4.     Collections of cell lines suspended by freezing.  Presented at the Third International Theriological Congress in Helsinki, Finland.

5.     Curatorial Procedures for vital tissue collections.  Presented at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences in May, 1983 at the annual meeting of the Association of Systematic Collections.

6.     Speciation by monobrachial centric fusions (with John Bickham as co-author).  Presented at the Fourth International Theriological Congress.  Edmonton Alberta, Canada.

7.     DNA in Conservation Genetics of endangered species.  Symposium on Endangered Species. Texas Range Society Austin, 1991.

8.     DNA zipcodes, taxon markers and Conservation genetics.  Plenary address (July 1993 in Sydney, Australia) at the 6th International Theriological Congress.

1. DNA and conservation of woodstorks.  Woodstork Conference in Savannah, GA, October 1993.

 

1. The Biological Significance of Chornobyl.  George Misch Sutton lecture at University of Oklahoma.  Sam Noble Museum 1997.
2. Bioinformatics: An integrated program for academics, resource managers, and the public.  Presented in England. September 1998.

 

11.  Keynote address at the 25th Anniversary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park    
       Symposium, Carlsbad, NM.  April 22-25 1998.   

12.  On the Utility of Heteroplasmy in Genotoxic Studies: An Example from Chernobyl., Slavutych, Ukraine.  The Annual Conference of the International Chornobyl Center entitled “1998: International Cooperation for Chornobyl”.  October 10-20 1998.

13.  The Significance of the Chornobyl Disaster to the Fauna and Society of Ukraine.  Distinguished Seminar Presentation at Sam Houston State University.  October 18-19, 2001

 

Description of Taxa:
Uroderma bilobatum davisi (Baker and McDaniel, 1972)
Chiroderma improvisum (Baker and Genoways, 1976)
Eptesicus guadalupensis (Genoways and Baker, 1975)
Geomys knoxjonesi (Baker and Genoways, 1975)
Rhogeessa genowaysi (Baker, 1984)
Rhogeessa hussoni (Genoways and Baker, 1996)
Carollia sowelli (Baker, Solari and Hoffmann, 2002)
Notiosorex cockrumi (Baker et al., 2002)
Lophostoma aequatorialis (Fonseca et al., 2004)
Oryzomys andersoni (Brooks et al., 2004)
Micronycteris giovanniae (Fonseca et al., in press)
Carollia benkeithi (Solari and Baker, in press)

 

Petronyms
Glossophaga commissarisi bakeri (Webster and Handley, a nectar feeding bat from the Amazon Basin)
Lophostoma saurophila bakeri (Williams and Willig, an omnivorous Phyllostomid bat from Middle America)
Geomys texsensis bakeri (Bickham et al., a pocket gopher from Central Texas)
Reithrodontomys bakeri (Bradley et al, 2004, a harvest mouse from central Mexico

 

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