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	(1936-11-01) 1 November 1936 (age 88)[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.