Barbara is a senior optical engineer with Ball Aerospace with over 30 years of experience with optical systems and lasers.  She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Physics from Virginia Tech and her Masters in Physics from The American University in Washington D.C. She is one of the principle scientists responsible for building, testing and operating the GLAMR optical parametric oscillator lasers.  She is also responsible for the operation of the two commercially Mid IR lasers for the GLAMR team.