Claim · 2024-10-09 · snapshot · Stated in source · Supported

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' press release of 9 October 2024 describes David Baker as a Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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David Baker → held role at → University of Washington

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Claim and evidence

David Bakerheld role at ↓University of Washington

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Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source

Date: 2024-10-09 · snapshot Records dated 2024 →
Role: Professor

Scope and limitsSnapshot in the awarding body's release, not the university's own statement; no appointment date or tenure is inferred.

The evidence 01

primary sourceSupports the claim

Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org) · 2024-10-09

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Source excerpt

“Professor at University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA.”

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Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 2f4c590c9ce9bc0d5b87c96edb465cfc77bb605a88bf781a6ae52c071516de6b). English HTML press release dated 9 October 2024, as served on 2026-10-30. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated.
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Accessed: 2026-10-30
Language: English (en)
Attribution: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org), “Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024”, 2024-10-09.
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Check notes: Candidate pack passage, AI in biology (research/ai-in-biology). The quotation (15 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

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Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.

Date. Role as stated in the press release of 9 October 2024; no start, end or continuing role is inferred.

Record ID aib-ppl-baker-uw-professor-2024