University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than two decades of discoveries about the molecular structure of proteins — discoveries that have led to new medical therapies,

David Baker, who won alongside two colleagues for their breakthrough work on proteins, is the eighth UW faculty member to claim the honor.

David Baker, a University of Washington School of Medicine professor, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for computational protein design, a process that allows the development of custom-made proteins.