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| Graduation date from Fredonia: | 1965 |
| Major(s) while at Fredonia: | Biology |
| Additional Education | PhD, University of Alaska at Fairbanks |
| Present professional positions | |
| Director: | Institute of Biomedical Technology |
| Lead Professor: | Department of Biological Sciences |
| Professor: | Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York Binghamton, New York 13901 Laboratory Phone:(607) 777-2801 Office Phone:(607) 777-2775 E-mail: BAUSTCRYO@aol.com JGBaust@binghamton.edu Baust Web Page |
| Past professional positions Positions (academic) |
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| 1994 - 2003 | Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania |
| 1986 - 87 | Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences State University of New York, (Binghamton) |
| 1984 - 87 | B.J. Luyet Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute of Low Temperature Biology, University of Houston |
| 1983 - 84 | Professor, Department of Biology, University of Houston (Associate Professor, 1978; Assistant Professor, 1975) |
| 1981 | Visiting Scientist, Universities of Oslo and Trondheim |
| 1980 - 81 | Science Leader, National Science Foundation, Antarctic Peninsula region, Palmer Station |
| 1970 - 75 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, State University of New York (Geneseo) |
| Professional affiliation(s), e.g. Boards, National Committees, etc. | |
| 2007 - 2008 | American Urological Association: Member - Best Practice Policy Panel - Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer |
| 2007 - | Member, Board of Directors, MicroPort Medical (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. President Commission C1/IIR, Intl. Institute of Refrigeration, |
| 2006 - 2007 | Chairman & CSO, BioLife Solutions, Inc. |
| 2002 - 2006 | President & CEO, Biolife Solutions Inc. |
| 2002 | SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Entrepreneurship |
| 2000 - 2007 | Vice President Commission C1/IIR, Intl. Institute of Refrigeration |
| 1997 - 2001 | Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President BioLife Technologies, Inc. |
| 1996 - 2001 | Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President Cryomedical Sciences Inc. |
| 1993 - 1996 | Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President, R&D Cryomedical Sciences Inc. |
| 1995 - 96 | Executive Committee, Soc. of Urologic Cryosurgeons |
| 1990 - 92 | Vice President, Research & Development Cryomedical Sciences, Inc. |
| 1989 -1991 | Past-President, Society for Cryobiology |
| 1988 - 90 | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Queue Systems Inc. |
| 1987 - 89 | President, Society for Cryobiology |
| 1986 - 90 | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, LifeCell, Inc., Woodlands, TX. |
| 1983 - 2001, 2003-05 | Member, Board of Governors, Society for Cryobiology |
| 1982 - 85 | Science Advisor, American Foundation for Biological Research, Rockville, MD |
| 1978 - 82 | Vice President, Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Mariseed, Inc. Houston,TX. |
| Brief bio Dr. John G. Baust is Lead Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Technology. He has also served President and CEO of BioLife Solutions, Inc. and Cryomedical Sciences, Inc. Dr. Baust, received his Ph.D. in Physiology from the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska and directs multidisciplinary research programs in cryomedicine including areas such as cancer biology, cell/tissue cryopreservation, hypothermic (low temperature) organ preservation, and tissue engineering at both the University and within the biotechnology industry. Dr. Baust is a member of the American Urological Association Best Practices Panel on Cryotherapy of Localized Prostate Cancer, is Editor-in Chief of the journal Cell Preservation Technology, Past President of the international Society for Cryobiology, U.S. Delegate to the International Institute of Refrigeration and Commission President , and has serves on the editorial boards of various journals. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 articles, chapters, patents and abstracts, served on numerous grant review panels and provides extensive consultant services to government and industry. In 2007 he co-edited the CRC text Advances in Biopreservation. |
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