Title: Physical Scientist, Lead of the Chemical Modeling and Emission Group
Contact: barry.baker@noaa.gov
Current Research
- Dust detection, source apportionment and modeling
- Air Composition Modeling
- Surface-atmosphere exchange modeling of air composition
- UFS Chair of Air Composition
- UFS Design and Review Committee
- URS Software Architecture & Infrastructure Cross-Cutting Team
Professional Experience
- 2022 – present: Physical Scientist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division, College Park, MD
- 2021 – 2022: Research Scientist and Associate Director of Satellite and Earth System Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- 2019 – 2021: Assistance Research Scientist, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
- 2016 – 2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD
- 2015 – 2016: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Science Modeling Division, College Park, MD
- 2014 – 2015: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, TN
Organizational Memberships:
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
Education
- Ph.D., Atmospheric Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
- Dissertation: “Physical Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Implications on Air Quality”
- M.S., Applied Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
- B.S., Engineering Physics, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition
- NOAA Certificate of Commendation for contributions to the National Air Quality Forecast Capability
- NASA Group Achievement Award for OWLETS
- National Research Council Research Associateship Programs Postdoctoral Fellowship (NRC), NOAA-ARL
- National Research Council Research Associateship Programs Postdoctoral Fellowship (NRC), NOAA-ATDD
- NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Graduate Fellowship, University of Maryland Baltimore County
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6431-2391