EMERALD HONORS WINNERS
EMERALD HONORS WINNERS Scientist of the Year
Tahllee Baynard, Ph.D. Vice President, Program Management, Space Systems Lockheed Martin Corporation
Baynard joined Lock- heed Martin’s center of excellence for laser radar as a research sci- entist in environmental sensing and bio-aerosol detection. His contribu- tions on technology development programs have kept war-fighters safe. Baynard has led biodefense sensor data collection and analysis in laser-related technologies that operate at fixed sites, mobile, air- borne, and space-based platforms. He also leads multiple programs developing laser radar systems used for remote detection, tracking and discrimination of biological and non-biological aerosol clouds. These systems improve military, industrial and civilian defense by providing enhanced early warning and reporting of biohazards from distances greater than five kilometers. Baynard has served as technical manager for a tagging and tracking system designed to covertly “paint” targets and suspected enemy combatants with colorless, odorless and tasteless particles, which subsequently can be tracked by laser detection devices on ground or unmanned aerial vehicles. He has applied fresh ideas to the development of algorithms for biodefense sensors which have led to improvements in threat detection. He has also found new ways of explaining how
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sensors work making for significant improvements in how the government reviews bio defense technologies. Over the past year, Baynard has been enrolled in a master’s degree in engineering management program at the University of Colorado, while maintaining full time employment—developing management skills he needs to lead a large, thriving and diverse technical group.
Outside of work, Baynard focuses his community service on
children’s education, with an emphasis on showing students the connections between classwork and the real world. He has served as a judge in a number of science fairs, made presentations on op- portunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers, and appeared in a material science episode for PBS Kids Dragonfly TV. He also served on the Peak to Peak K-12 Charter School Board of Directors in Lafayette, Colo., from 2005 to 2008. Baynard is particularly proud of a project he worked on with two students from the Boulder Valley School District. The students, now undergraduates working on science and engineering degrees, gained an in-depth understanding of professional opportunities in scientific and technical fields.
Baynard himself graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and History. In 2002, he earned a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago and completed his post-doctorate at both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sci- ences in 2003. Over the next four years, he worked as a research scientist at NOAA. He also served as principal investigator for aerosol optical properties projects, which brought him to the atten- tion of Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Trained in chemistry, Baynard bridges the gap between sci- ence and engineering as a technical lead for standoff bio-aerosol detection in Coherent Technologies at Lockheed Martin Space Sys- tems. Baynard has applied for a patent for sensing use, published more than 20 technical papers, and has made presentations at various industry conferences including SPIE Defense, Security and Testing. SPIE is an international society for optics and photonics that advances light-based technologies.
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