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Shenda Baker
Dr. Shenda Baker received her B. S. in Chemistry and French from Grinnell College in 1985. After receiving her PhD in1991 in Physical Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, she took a postdoctoral position at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center using neutron scattering to examine structural properties of polymer thin films. In 1993, Dr. Baker became the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College where she received tenure in 1999 and full professor in 2004. After a sabbatical year in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts in 1999/2000 and at a biopolymer based biotechnology firm in 2006/7, she continues research in interfaces, polymeric thin films and nanoscopic manipulation to create biosensors and arrays. Other interests and activities include national science policy, developing national and international outreach programs and developing and sustaining national cyberinfrastructure, cyberscience and national user facilities facilities.
In 1996, Dr. Baker was awarded a NSF CAREER Award, the DOE Young Scientists and Engineers Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She is has served on a DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, on the Advisory Committee to the NSF Directorate of Math and Physical Sciences as well as the Advisory Committee to the NSF Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering. And the Advisory Board for Chemical and Engineering News. She currently sits on the Executive Committee for the National Neutron Scattering Society of America and on the Advisory Board for the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at NSF. She is co-chairing the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society in 2008.
In educational development , she oversaw the development, construction and current outreach activities associated with a traveling educational exhibit (Strange Matter, www.strangematterexhibition.com), still touring the US. Her recent interests have turned global, as she is developing an international “Harvey Mudd College Global Clinic” program that pairs undergraduate engineering and science teams with international students and partners to solve global problems. She maintains her professional interests in the Council of Undergraduate Research, the National Neutron Scattering Society, the Materials Research Society, the American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society.
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