| caption = Baker in 2008

| patrons =

| thesis_year = 1967

| doctoral_advisor = [[Neil Waters]], [[David Hall (chemist)|David Hall]]

'''Edward Neill "Ted" Baker''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} (born 29 October 1942) is a New Zealand scientist specialising in protein purification and crystallization and bioinformatics. He is currently a [[distinguished professor]] at the [[University of Auckland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/personnel/science.html |title=University Calendar staff lists: Faculty of Science |date= |website= |publisher=University of Auckland |accessdate=18 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911183422/http://www.calendar.auckland.ac.nz/personnel/science.html |archive-date=11 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Born at [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Port Stanley]] in 1942 to New Zealanders Harold and Moya (née Boak) Baker,<ref>{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19421212.2.4 | title=Births | date=12 December 1942 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=18 October 2014 | page=1 }}</ref> he spent his early life in the [[Falkland Islands]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/superantigens/3552246 |title=Superantigens |date=18 July 1998 |website= |publisher=ABC Radio National |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> where his father was the superintendent of education.<ref name="GPN">{{cite news | url=http://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/issue/GPN09_19550331/t1-body-d17.html | title=Obituary | date=31 March 1955 | work=Gisborne Photo News | accessdate=18 October 2014 | page=22 }}</ref> The family returned to New Zealand in 1948.<ref name="GPN"/> He was educated at [[King's College, Auckland]] from 1956 to 1960.<ref name="KCOCA">{{cite journal |date=Winter 2005 |title=Scientist Prof Ted Baker is old collegian of the year |url=http://kcoca.com/courier.cfm?Page=CourierArticle&CourierArticleID=358 |journal=Kings Courier |publisher=King's College Old Collegians Association |volume= |issue=98 |pagesaccessdate=18 October 2014 |accessdatearchive-date=1821 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021165558/http://kcoca.com/courier.cfm?Page=CourierArticle&CourierArticleID=358 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After studying chemistry at the University of Auckland, completing his [[PhD]] in 1967,<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Baker |first=Edward |year=1967 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Structural studies of some copper(II) coordination compounds |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/2594 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2594}}</ref> he conducted postdoctoral research on the structure of [[insulin]] with Nobel laureate [[Dorothy Hodgkin]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="RSNZ profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/current-fellows/?f=ted-baker |title=Ted Baker |date= |website= |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> He then took up an academic post at [[Massey University]],<ref name="RSNZ profile"/> where he determined the structure of the kiwifruit enzyme [[actinidin]].<ref name="KCOCA"/> In 1997 he moved back to the University of Auckland where he became professor of structural biology and later direct of the [[Centre of Research Excellence (New Zealand)|Maurice Wilkins Center for Molecular Diversity]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Miskelly |first1=Gordon |last2=Rewcastle |first2=Gordon |date=October 2011 |title=Chemistry in Auckland 1981–2011 |url=http://nzic.org.nz/CiNZ/articles/CiNZ%20Oct%202011_Miskelly.pdf |journal=Chemistry in New Zealand |publisher=New Zealand Institute of Chemistry |volume= |issue= |pages=209 |accessdate=18 October 2014 |archive-date=13 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113064348/http://www.nzic.org.nz/CiNZ/articles/CiNZ%20Oct%202011_Miskelly.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also served as president of the [[International Union of Crystallography]] between 1996 and 1999.<ref name="RSNZ profile"/>

Baker was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand]] in 1987,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/fellows-1919-present/a-c/ |title=The Academy: A–C |date= |website= |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> and won the society's [[Hector Medal]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/hector-medal/recipients/ |title=Hector Medal |date= |website= |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Rutherford Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)|Rutherford Medal]], the highest honour in New Zealand science, in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/rutherford-medal/recipients/ |title=Rutherford Medal |date= |website= |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> In the [[2007 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2007 Queen's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to science.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.dpmc.govt.nz/nodepublications/371queens-birthday-honours-list-2007 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2007 |date=4 June 2007 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=1828 OctoberFebruary 20142020}}</ref>

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