Our Team
Chris Baker
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry 2020 - Present, New Mexico State University
Assistant Professor of Chemistry 2015 - 2020, University of Tennessee
Postdoc 2014 - 2015, Sandia National Lab
Postdoc 2012 - 2014, University of Arizona
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry 2012, Florida State University
B.S. Chemistry 2006, Wayne State University
Dr. Richard Ortiz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Biology 2021, University of Texas at El Paso
Claire Smith
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry 2017, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Genoveve Gutierrez
Graduate Student
B.S. Biology 2020, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio TX
Hillary Bourger
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemical Engineering 2021, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Sarahi Enriquez
Graduate Student
B.S. Forensic Chem. 2019,
St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
Felix Atsar
Graduate Student
M.S. Chemistry 2013,
Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria
Baker Bioanalysis Lab Alumni
L to R: Dr. Laura Casto (PhD 2019), Dr. Amirus Saleheen (PhD 2020), Dr. Meagan Moser (PhD 2021)
Postdocs
Marlene Dugger, Ph.D. – Currently at Sandia National Lab
Graduate Students
Meagan Moser, Ph.D. (2021) - Currently at Baebies, Inc.
Amirus Saleheen, Ph.D. (2020) - Currently at Intel Corp.
Victoria Norman, M.S. (2020) - Currently at U. Tennessee BCMB
Laura Casto-Boggess, Ph.D. (2019) - Currently at WVU
Kevin Do, M.S. (2019)
Allison Tomczyk (2018 – 19)
Alex Anderson, M.S. (2018)
Larry Warfield (2015 – 17 )
Undergraduate Students
Wes Cox – B.S. Chemistry 2018
Matt Graham – B.S. Chemistry 2018
Hannah Emery – B.S. Chemistry 2018
Stephanie Horton – B.M. Violin Performance 2018
Jen Schuster – B.S. Chemistry 2017
Corey Sutton – B.S. Chemistry 2017
Chase Lindsay – B.S. Chemistry 2016
Yhazmyne Hawkins – B.S. Chemistry 2017
Claire Neice – Summer 2016 REU Student (Va. Tech)
Patrick Ryan Phillips – B.S. Chemistry 2016
Angela Sipaseuth – B.S. Chemistry 2016