CV: Edward Baker ARCS AMInstP

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
  
  • Sonic Biologist (BioAcoustica)
    December 2014 - Present
  • Biodiversity Informatician and Drupal Developer (eMonocot & ViBRANT projects)
    January 2011 - December 2014
  • Biodiversity Technician
    December 2008 - January 2011
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
  
  • Informatics Advisor
    June 2013 - Present
  • Development Officer and Webmaster
    December 2009 - May 2014

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.

Funding

• Developing the NHM Wildlife Sound Archive (2104)
  Funding awarded by the Life Sciences Department Investment Fund (DIF) at the Natural History Museum.
• In-Situ Acoustic Monitoring of Biodiversity (2013)
  Automated identification of bush crickets in the field. Funding awarded from the EU ViBRANT project.
• Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Natural History Museum (2013)
  Funding awarded from Wikimedia UK.

Training received

• Sound Recording and Editing
  Royal Geographical Society with IBG
  15th March 2014
• Recruitment and Selection
  Natural History Museum
  12th February 2013
• Technical author training for software developers
  
  TechScribe sponsored by the Natural History Museum
  
  13th December 2012
• CartoDB
  
  Vizzuality sponsored by ViBRANT
  
  16th November 2012
• Writing for the web
  
  Sticky Content sponsored by Natural History Museum
  13th January 2009
• Writing for search
  
  Sticky Content sponsored by Natural History Museum
  20th October 2009
• Rhythmyx (Content management system)
  Natural History Museum
  March 2009

Journal Editorships

• Phasmid Studies (Editor)
• Biodiversity Data Journal (Subject Editor: Blattodea; Orthoptera; Phasmida; Mantodea; Dermaptera)

Journal Reviews

• Journal of Orthoptera Research
• ZooKeys
• ZooTaxa

Conferences

Conferences that I have helped run and/or organise:

• ViBRANT Citizen Science Workshop
  Dorothea Bate Room,Natural History Museum, London, UK
  24-25th January 2013
• Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond
  Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, London, UK
  28th October 2011
• 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:

• Citizen Cyberscience Summit 201420th-22nd February 2014
• Entomology 2013 Austin, TX10th-13th November 2013
• Entomological Collections Networks 2013 Austin, TX
  9th-10th November 2013
• Biodiversity Informatics Horizons
  3rd-6th September 2013
• Tropical biodiversity in the 21st century symposium
  3rd-4th June 2013
• ORCIS-Dryad Meeting 2013
  22-24th May 2013
• GLAM-WIKI 2013
  12-13th April 2013
• SpotOn London 2012
  Wellcome Collection, London, UK
  11-12th November 2012
• Biodiversity Technologies: Biodiversity Institute Symposium/>27-28th September 2012
• 4D4Life Final Meeting
  University of Reading, Reading, UK
  26-30th March 2012
• 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