About Ken Barat

Served as LSO for Lawrence Berkeley Nat Lab and National Ignition Facility Directorate. Author of 12 textbooks on laser safety. Developer and chair for first seven DOE LSO Workshops. Ask the Expert Contributor for LIA and HPS. Rockwell award winner, LIA Fellow, SPIE & IEEE Senior member. ANSI committee Member. Author of Photonic Spectra’s quarterly laser safety column. Has served as  Laser Safety Adviser for a variety of organizations i.e. LIGO, ELI Beamlines, KLA, KECK, Allen Institute, Lockheed Martin, HILASE, among others.