Katherine Baker

Katherine Baker is an Assistant Professor at Catawba College's Mathematical & Computing Sciences Department in the Ketner School of Business. She earned her PhD, MA, BS (magna cum laude), and BA (magna cum laude) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

• PhD, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• MA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• BS, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (magna cum laude)
• BA, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (magna cum laude)

Dr. Baker specializes in Bioinformatics, applying mathematical and computational methods to biological systems. She led the development of the Image Charge Solvation Method (ICSM) for computer modeling of human proteins, serving as a bridge between mathematics and computer science disciplines.

In her personal time, she engages with AI and Robotics developments and is an avid video gamer, tracing her gaming interests back to pre-video computer games.