David Baker

Biography

David is a Professor at the University of Washington and an HHMI Investigator. David is the originator of the Rosetta software package and is responsible for numerous scientific breakthroughs and “firsts” in computational modeling of protein structures and design of novel proteins. Highlights include: 1) The first reliable prediction of small-protein 3D structures. 2) The design of the first fully de novo protein structure in a computer. 3) The design of the first protein-protein binding interactions in a computer 4) The creation of a specific ligand-binding protein by computational methods. 5) David has published over 330 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including over 20 in Science and Nature alone.

Research Interest

HIS research work includes design of novel proteins