David Baker

David Baker is a professor of biochemistry and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, computer science, chemical engineering, and physics. His research group develops methods to compute the structures of biological macromolecules and interactions, and to design and experimentally validate novel macromolecules with new and useful functions. Baker is the principal investigator for development of the <a href=”http://www.rosettacommons.org/software/“>Rosetta Software</a> suite, which has been licensed to more than 25 companies including many of the world-class pharma and biotech companies. The discoveries made using the Rosetta software have led to a license with Johnson &amp; Johnson, and the formation of two start-up companies: <a href=”http://www.arzeda.com/“>Arzeda</a>, which is engineering novel enzymes not available in nature, and <a href=”http://www.ba-lab.com/“>Bio Architecture Lab</a>, which is making renewable fuels and chemicals from seaweed.