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Josh Baker, Ph.D.

Professor, INBRE Principal Investigator/Director, Associate Vice President for Research
Josh Baker

Education

  • Ph.D., Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology, University of Minnesota, 1999
  • B.S., Physics, Hamline University, 1987

Professional experience

  • 1999-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont
  • 2004-2010 Assistant Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine
  • 2010-2022 Associate Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine
  • 2016-present Director, NIH NV INBRE
  • 2022-present Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine
  • 2023-present Associate Vice President for Research, Research & Innovation, 推荐杏吧原创

Research interests

Muscle thermodynamics; bioengineered muscle systems; molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction and regulation; mechanochemistry of molecular motor ensembles; single molecule and whole cell imaging; multiscale models of biological systems; thermal scaling; quantum heat; quantum heat engines; collapsed degrees of freedom; entropic stability of life.