Instructor of Biology
M.S., Biology, East Tennessee State University
B.S., Biology, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Email: jbaker@tusculum.edu
Campus Phone: Ext. 5422
Came to Tusculum: 2018
Mr. Baker received a B.S. degree in biology from Lenoir-Rhyne University and a M.S. degree in biology from East Tennessee State University. He serves as Tusculum’s general biology teaching specialist, focused on BIOL 110 and BIOL 120 as teaching responsibilities.
He completed undergraduate research in botany investigating caffeine’s effects on plant growth which earned him the Derieux Research Award from CANCAS. He completed his graduate research on the Phylogenetic Analysis of the genus Tsuga which earned him the Marcia Davis Research Award for Graduate Research in Conservation of Natural Resources from ETSU. Alongside that research he worked on a team of scientists that mapped the spread of the Hemlock Woolly Adegid in Carolina Hemlock populations along the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian trail. Currently he is working with undergraduate students looking at the growth and carbon uptake of trees on Tusculum’s campus over an 80-year period.
In his free time, Jordan enjoys fishing, kayaking, and spending time with family.