Edward Baker
Professor Edward Baker, of Takapuna, received the Insignia of a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit, for services to science, on 2 April 2008. Professor Baker, pictured after the ceremony with the Governor-General and Mrs Susan Satyanand and friends and family, has been instrumental in developing the field of X-ray crystallography, and researching the structure and function of proteins, particularly those associated with human disease.