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VCAS Monthly Lecture series

Friday, February 13, 2026 7:00 pm Hillcrest Center for the Arts

 Doing it for the 'Graph (Design, Function, and System Test of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument)

Caleb W Baker is an optical engineer and group supervisor from JPL. He received his Ph.D. in Optics from the University of Arizona where he specialized in ultrafast semiconductor laser design and engineering. Since joining JPL he has worked on a variety of spaceflight optical systems including laser metrology, Psyche’s Deep Space Optical Communication terminal, and Roman's Coronagraph Instrument. His major roles on Roman were Optical Systems Engineer for the instrument’s Deformable Mirrors and later manager of the simulated star source used during ground-based testing of the coronagraph.

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