Raymond Baker (chemist)
Raymond Baker CBE FRS (born 1 November 1936)[1] is a British chemist and former Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.[1]
Ray Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 November 1936[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester |
| Awards | CBE (2002) PhD Fellow of the Royal Society (1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles University of Southampton University of Leicester Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Labs[1] BBSRC[1] |
| Thesis | Detritiation Reactions in Aromatic Systems (1962) |
Education
Baker was educated at Ilkeston Grammar School and the University of Leicester, where he gained his PhD for research titled "Detritiation Reactions in Aromatic Systems" in 1962.[2]
Career
After completing his PhD, Baker did postdoctoral research at UCLA from 1962–64. He was appointed a lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Southampton in 1964, Reader in 1974 and a Professor in 1977. Baker is a co-author of the textbook Mechanism in Organic Chemistry.[3]
Awards
Baker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994 and Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002.
References
- "BAKER, Prof. Raymond". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
- Baker, Raymond (1962). Detritiation Reactions in Aromatic Systems (PhD thesis). University of Leicester.
- Boche, G. (1973). "Book Review: Mechanism in Organic Chemistry. By R. Alder, R. Baker, and J. M. Brown". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 12 (8): 680–681. doi:10.1002/anie.197306804.