California

Dean, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of
California, Riverside; Associate Director, Agricultural Experiment
Station, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, State of
California

Dr. Baldwin was appointed dean of CNAS in July 2008. He came to UCR
from the University of Arizona, where he had been head of the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and was the founding director
of the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology. He had held
previous faculty appointments at Texas A&M University and the
University of Illinois and a postdoctoral appointment at Harvard. He
received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and doctorate in zoology
from the University of Texas, Austin.

A biochemist, Dr. Baldwin is best known for his research on “protein
folding,” the biochemical process, vitally important to all of life’s
processes, by which a protein assumes its three-dimensional structure.
Protein misfolding leads to a number of disease states, including prion
diseases such as “mad cow” disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s
disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

The recipient of numerous awards for scholarship and research,
including a Fulbright Scholarship and a Fogarty Senior International
Fellowship, Baldwin was recognized as a Faculty Fellow for excellence in
science and academic leadership by Texas A&M and the Texas
Agriculture Experiment Station.

A native of Mississippi, Baldwin is married to Miriam Ziegler, who is also a biochemist. They have two grown daughters.