Ivan Baxter Research Computational Biologist USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit ivan.baxter@ars.usda.gov Assistant Member and Principal Investigator Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center 314-587-1438

Education

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, California Graduate student in the laboratory of Jeffrey F. Harper, Cell Biology Department

The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, California Graduate student in the laboratory of James R. Williamson, Molecular Biology Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Graduate student in the laboratory of James R. Williamson, Department of Chemistry

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland B.A. in Chemistry. General Honors, Honors in Chemistry

Employment

Research Computational Biologist, Plant Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS. Assistant Member and Principal Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Senior Research Associate, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Phytoremediation Research and Development, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Grants

The Genetic Basis of Natural Ionomic Variation, David Salt PI, National Institutes of Health, GM078536-01, 1/1/2007-12/31/2010.

Tools to Facilitate Collaboration within the Virtual Ionomics Network at ionomicshub.org to Foster Ionomic Discovery, David Salt PI, Purdue University Cyber Center, 1/1/2009-1/1/2010

The National Association of Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), Jose Olivares PI, Department of Energy, 4/1/2010-3/31/2013

Awards and Experience

Plant Biology Section Editor, PLoS One

Member, PLoS One Editorial Board

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

President, Student Government Association, Goucher College

Claasen Chemistry Scholar, Goucher College

Dean's List, Goucher College

Recipient of Dean's Scholarship, Goucher College