Brian M. Baker

Dr. Baker is the John A. Zahm Professor of Structural Biology in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, Dr. Baker directs a world-renowned research laboratory specializing in structural immunology. Through his work, he has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how T cell receptors ‘see’ antigen, the features of TCRs and antigens that promote immunogenicity, and the mechanisms underlying T cell discrimination between self and non-self. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the American Cancer Society. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.