Director of the Institute for Protein Design

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator,

The Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in Biochemistry,

Adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington.

 

Dr. Baker's  research group is focused on the design of macromolecular structures and functions.

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He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry with Randy Schekman at the University of California, Berkeley, and did postdoctoral work in biophysics with David Agard at UCSF. 

Dr. Baker has published over 550 research papers, been granted over 100 patents, and co-founded 17 companies. Over 70 of his mentees have gone on to independent faculty positions. Dr. Baker is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a project leader with The Audacious Project.

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Dr. Baker has received awards from the National Science Foundation, the Beckman Foundation, and the Packard Foundation. He is the recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, Irving Sigal and Hans Neurath awards from the Protein Society, the Overton Prize from the ISCB, the Feynman Prize from the Foresight Institute, the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize, the Sackler Prize in Biophysics, and the Centenary Award from the Biochemical Society.

(Source: University of Washington)