Dr. Kyri Baker
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder

Kyri Baker received her BS, MS and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, 2010 and 2014, respectively. From 2015 to 2017, she worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Since fall 2017, she has been an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and is a fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI). She received the NSF CAREER award in 2021 and led a top performing team in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization competition. She develops computationally efficient optimization and learning algorithms for energy systems ranging from building-level assets to transmission grids.