He assisted in development and management over 20 bioreactor landfill  demonstrations and full scale operations. He also assisted in the initial phases of of the Outer Loop  Landfill bioreactor in Louisville working with the State of Kentucky and USEPA on a cooperative research  basis (CRADA). At this facility, alternate covers of clay and compost (biocover) was demonstrated to  attenuate methane, VOCs, and odors. Mr. Baker implemented innovative remedial technologies for  Superfund sites, nuclear and hazardous waste landfills, and solid waste sites. He also developed  innovative monitoring and assessment techniques for fingerprinting sources of contamination and is an  expert in demonstration landfill gas to groundwater contamination for solid waste sites. He sponsored  research and grants for joint industrial and academic research in waste technologies. He also  participated in petitioning for the regulatory rule change for the RCRA groundwater, landfill design and  operations of waste sites. He has demonstrated alternate technologies, such as vertical wetlands, to  manage leachate and contaminated groundwater. He previously worked as an environmental consultant  to USEPA Region V and served with the Lahontan  Water Quality Control Board in Lake Tahoe, California.  Mr. Baker is a recognized expert in bioreactor landfills, renewable energy technologies, alternate caps,  groundwater quality, hydrogeology, and landfill operational efficiencies. He has lead numerous State  and Federal workshops for groundwater monitoring and assessment techniques, bioreactors, and  innovative technologies for groundwater remediation. Mr. Baker is involved in ITRC and EREF in co-  authoring guidance documents for determining the termination of Post-Closure Care for landfills. The  goal is to evaluate appropriate termination of PCC and beneficial re-use of closed sites. Mr. Baker also  co-authored ITRC guidance documents for bioreactor landfill design and operation and alternative  landfill caps systems design and construction. ITRC provides free web-training on this guidance to  regulators, consultants, and industry. He belongs to NGWA, SWANA Bioreactor Committee, ITRC,  and serves on the Steering Committee of Waste Tech. He has a BS in Biology/Chemistry and MS in Enviornmental Engineering from Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1971 & 1973.

Dr. Ali has extensive experience in testing and evaluation of various sensors for detection of ice on aircraft wings (1997), the use of the computer with DSP interface circuitry to recognize voice commands and issue appropriate control signals, a study funded by NASA in 1997. Furthermore in 2000,  he was involved in the development and demonstration of a highly efficient hybrid vehicle with better than zero emission.