Mr. Baldwin received his BS in marine biology in 2000 from Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. He then moved to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he completed his MS in 2002 studying crustacean reproductive biology. He recently completed his second year of a PhD program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks studying the population biology and trophic positions of shallow water coastal shrimps.

Mr. Baldwin has had lifelong interest in marine invertebrates. His current interests are the taxonomy and ecology of shallow water marine crustaceans, mollusks, and polychaete worms. Aaron is the senior author of a field guide to mollusks of the northeast Pacific that is currently in press. He hopes to remain in Alaska after completing his PhD and spend his life studying Alaska’s vast array of invertebrates species. Outside of school Mr. Baldwin enjoys fishing, camping, and spending time with his wife and two children.