Matt Baker
Associate Dean International Partnerships (Faculty Of Science)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMatt Baker is a scientist and educator who combines nine years of research leadership with a talent for building international partnerships and public engagement. As a UNSW Associate Dean and Scientia Associate Professor, he leads a multidisciplinary team exploring the evolution and function of molecular motors—particularly the bacterial flagellar motor—and translates those principles into synthetic biology and bottom-up synthetic cell systems. He teaches synthetic biology and microbiology across undergraduate and graduate programs while developing high-resolution microscopy and directed-evolution approaches. An experienced science communicator and radio documentary producer, he brings complex nanotechnology and evolutionary stories to broad audiences. Beyond academia he serves in scientific governance roles across the Asia-Pacific and represents athletes on the Oceanic Fencing Confederation board, reflecting an unusual blend of research, outreach and sport leadership. His background in physics, chemistry and single-molecule methods gives him an uncommon quantitative lens on biological design and engineering.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityDPhil Physics, DPhil Physics at University of OxfordEducation Abroad Programme Physics Mathematics, Education Abroad Programme Physics Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleySydney Boys' High School
Github Skills (9)
bacteria7
evolution6
jekyll5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
genome5
bam4
zap3
rapid2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
phatmattbaker/HouseInequality
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
phatmattbaker/stoichiometry
Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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