Raymond Baker (chemist)

Ray Baker
Born	November 1, 1936[1]
Fields	Organic chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles University of Southampton University of Leicester Merck Sharp & Dohme Resesearch Labs[1] BBSRC[1]
Alma mater	University of Leicester
Thesis	Detritiation Reactions in Aromatic Systems (1962)
Notable awards	CBE (2002) PhD Fellow of the Royal Society (1994)

Professor Raymond Baker CBE PhD FRS (born 1 November 1936)^[1] is a chemist and former Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.^[1]

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

1. "BAKER, Prof. Raymond". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
2. Baker, Raymond (1962). Detritiation Reactions in Aromatic Systems (PhD thesis). University of Leicester.
3. 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.