Ian T. Baldwin

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Ian Baldwin

Ian Thomas Baldwin (born June 27, 1958 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) is an American ecologist .

Life

After studying biology and chemistry at Dartmouth College , Hanover, New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in biology, Baldwin received his PhD in chemical ecology in 1989 in the Neurobiology and Behavior section of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His dissertation was entitled Damage-induced alkaloids in wild tobacco . He was then Assistant (from 1989), Associate (from 1993) and Full Professor (from 1996) at the Department of Biology at the State University of New York in Buffalo . In 1996 he became the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology , where he heads the Department of Molecular Ecology. In 1999 he was appointed honorary professor at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . In 2002 he founded the International Max Planck Research School at the MPI in Jena.

In his scientific work, Baldwin is dedicated to understanding the genetic traits that enable plants to survive in nature. To achieve this goal, he developed a molecular tool kit for the wild tobacco species Nicotiana attenuata (coyote tobacco). Baldwin combines genomic and molecular genetic methods with field studies to identify and characterize genes that play a role in interactions between plants, insects (herbivores, pollinators) and microorganisms in their natural environment.

Within the Max Planck Society , he is very committed to open access initiatives, free access to scientific publications. He is senior editor of the open access journal eLife.

honors and awards

Publications (selection)

  • JC Schultz, IT Baldwin: Oak leaf quality declines in response to defoliation by Gypsy moth larvae. In: Science. Volume 217, 1982, pp. 149-151. doi: 10.1126 / science.217.4555.149
  • R. Karban, IT Baldwin: Induced responses to herbivory. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago 1997, ISBN 0-226-42496-0 .
  • A. Kessler, IT Baldwin: Defensive function of herbivore-induced plant volatile emissions in nature. In: Science. Volume 291, No. 5511, 2001, pp. 2141-2144. doi: 10.1126 / science.291.5511.2141
  • A. Kessler, R. Halitschke, IT Baldwin: Silencing the jasmonate cascade: Induced plant defenses and insect populations. In: Science. Volume 305, No. 5684, 2004, pp. 665-668. doi: 10.1126 / science.1096931
  • IT Baldwin, R. Halitschke, A. Paschold, CC von Dahl, CA Preston: Volatile signaling in plant-plant interactions: "Talking trees" in the genomics era. In: Science. Volume 311, No. 5762, 2006, pp. 812-815. doi: 10.1126 / science.1118446
  • D. Kessler, K. Gase, IT Baldwin: Field experiments with transformed plants reveal the sense of floral scents. In: Science. Volume 321, No. 5893, 2008, pp. 1200-1202. doi: 10.1126 / science.1160072
  • D. Kessler, C. Diezel, IT Baldwin: Changing pollinators as a means of escaping herbivores. In: Current Biology. Volume 20, 2010, pp. 237-242. doi: 10.1016 / j.cub.2009.11.071
  • S. Allmann, IT Baldwin: Insects betray themselves in nature to predators by rapid isomerization of green leaf volatiles. In: Science. Volume 329, 2010, pp. 1075-1078. doi: 10.1126 / science.1191634
  • A. Weinhold, IT Baldwin: Trichome-derived O-acyl sugars are a first meal for caterpillars that tags them for predation. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 108, No. 19, 2011, pp. 7855-7859. doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1101306108
  • P. Kumar, SS Pandit, A. Steppuhn, IT Baldwin: A natural history driven, plant mediated RNAi based study reveals CYP6B46's role in a nicotine-mediated anti-predator herbivore defense. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 111, No. 4, 2014, pp. 1245-1252. doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1314848111

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the MPI for Chemical Ecology
  2. ^ The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques. IMPRS website
  3. ↑ Talking Plants. In: Discover Magazine. April 1, 2002.
  4. ↑ Plant biology: Growth industry. ( Memento of March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Nature. News feature. Volume 468, 2010, pp. 886-888.
  5. ↑ Genetic research at the level of the organism: How to equip molecular biologists for field studies Yearbook of the Max Planck Society 2008.
  6. ↑ The team of editors for the new Open Access Journal is available at MPG News, November 7, 2011.
  7. ^ Pain-free publishing for your best science . eLife Journal Homepage
  8. ↑ ISCE website
  9. ↑ Using Transformed Native Plants to Study Ecological Interactions. ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Tansley Lecture 2009.
  10. ↑ Max Planck scientists are happy about ERC grants MPG News January 26, 2012.
  11. ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected News from the National Academy of Sciences, April 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ a b pioneer of ecological genetic research. Press release from September 6, 2013 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de)
  13. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Ian Thomas Baldwin (with picture and CV) at the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina , accessed on May 26, 2016.
  14. ↑ EMBO enlarges its membership for 50th anniversary. Press release from May 8, 2014 at the Science Information Service (idw-online.de)
  15. ↑ 2014 Ian T Baldwin et Edward Farmer , website of the Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation, accessed on January 5, 2015.
  16. ↑ AAAS proudly congratulates the newly elected 2016 Fellows!
personal data
SURNAME Baldwin, Ian T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baldwin, Ian Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ecologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Ann Arbor , Michigan