Barry Baker
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About
Role in the KNI
Barry Baker's role in the KNI teams is to provide help with new project installations as well as doing maintenance on equipment that is needed. On a daily basis he conducts a walkthrough of the labs, including the Keck lab that houses the TF-30.
Experience
Barry has been with KNI since Oct 2017, before that he spent form April 2011 to Oct 2017 being the Laboratory manager for Dr. Oskar Painter at California Institute of Technology. He was responsible for taking care of 3 optical labs and a cleanroom facility for his research group. In Oskar's group he was the lead person for installations of many new pieces of equipment including 2 Dilution Refrigerators, an E-beam Evaporator and an Atomic layer deposition tool.
List of Lab Responsibilities
Daily
- Lab Walkthrough
- Back up to Lab Coordinator
Equipment
- Chillers
- TF-30 service chase
Project involvement
Sputter tool installation
Along with Alex and Bert, Barry was involved with the installation of all utilities needed for the sputter tools, including all water, CDA, N2 and gas lines.
ALD installation
Along with Nathan and Bert, I was involved with the installation of all utilities for the Oxford ALD system, this including running new gas lines and manifolds for the Oxford service chase as well as CDA,N2 and water lines.
Personal
I was born in Colorado but moved very soon after that to California. I spent my childhood in San Diego then moved to Orange County when I was 24 to pursue a job opportunity which did not work out but I decided to stay in the LA area until now. I currently live in Azusa Ca with the love of my life MIndy and our fur baby daughter, Baxter, a rescue dog that has changed our lives for the good!
I have a few hobbies that include RC cars, and golf (which I can not play anymore due to back surgeries)...hopefully I can again someday. I also love to attend live sporting events like LA Dodger games and LA Kings games. I am an avid Dodger, Kings and Dallas Cowboys fan. I like to watch motorsports on TV like Motocross racing, Nascar and Formula 1.
I a usually a jokester and try to keep a light attitude around me. I try to have fun at all times but can serious when need be.