
Dr. Baker is an assistant professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University. Her research examines how the brain extracts meaningful information from sensory inputs. Using fruit flies as a model organism, she studies how organization and function of auditory circuits enable recognition of species-specific acoustic communication signals. Prior to joining the faculty at North Carolina State University in 2023, Dr. Baker served as a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University.
Dr. Baker earned her bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.


