Ed Baker

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Summary

My interests are divided between the orthopteroid insects (in particular the stick insects and cockroaches) and Biodiversity Informatics. I currently work on the eMonocot and ViBRANT projects at the Natural History Museum, London. In addition I am editor of Cockroach Studies and Invertebrate Rearing.

Appointments

• Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
  
  • Biodiversity Informatician and Drupal Developer (eMonocot & ViBRANT projects)
    January 2011 - Present
  • Biodiversity Technician
    December 2008 - January 2011
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
  
  • Development Officer and Webmaster
    December 2009 - Present

Education

• Imperial College London
  
  • BSc (Hons) Physics
    2004-2007
• The Windsor Boys' School
  
  • A Levels: Grade A in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics
  • Advanced Extension Award: Distinction in Physics
  • GCSE: 5A*, 6A

Publications

A complete list of my publications is available on my publications page.

Conferences

Conferences that I have helped run and/or organise:

• Scripting Life: The Science behind ViBRANT
  Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
  20th - 21st Janaury 2011
  Photos
  
• What’s in a name? Attenborough & Fortey on animals
  Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society, London
  16th December 2010
  Event Video
  
• e-Biosphere '09
  Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK
  1st - 5th June 2009
  Photos
  

Conferences I have attended:

• Science Online London 2011
  British Library, London, UK
  2nd-3rd September 2011
  Photos
  
• Science Online London 2010
  British Library, London, UK
  3rd-4th September 2010
  
• International Bryozoology Association Conference 2010
  University of Kiel, Germany
  August 2010
  Photos
  
• Science Online London 2009
  Royal Institution, London, UK
  August 2009
  Blog Post
  
• Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace
  Linnean Society, London, UK
  22nd November 2008
  Photos
  

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