Barry D. Baker, Ph.D.


Title:  Physical Scientist, Lead of the Chemical Modeling and Emission Group

Contact: barry.baker@noaa.gov

Current Research

  • Dust detection, source apportionment and modeling
  • Emission modeling
  • Air Quality Modelling
  • Surface-atmosphere exchange modeling of air composition

Professional Experience

  • Year – present: Physical Scientist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division, College Park, MD
  • Year – Year: Research Scientist and Associate Director of Satellite and Earth System Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  • Year – Year: Assistance Research Scientist, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
  • Year – Year: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD
  • Year – Year: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Science Modeling Division, College Park, MD
  • NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, TN

Organizational Memberships:

  • WMO Sand and Dust
  • 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