Alan A. Baker is a Senior Research Consultant for Advanced Composite Structures Australia and Emeritus Research Leader Aerospace Composite Structures, in the Aerospace Division of the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and has over 45 years' experience in advanced composites including 10 years in the Rolls Royce UK Advanced Research Laboratory. He is recognized for pioneering work on bonded composite repair of metallic aircraft components for which he has received many awards, including the 1990 Australian Government Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science, the 1999 Royal Aeronautical Society (Australia) Lawrence Hargrave Award, the 1999 Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) Specialist Gold Medal, the 2011 Engineers Australia AGM Michell Medal, and in 2015 he was elected as a World Fellow of the International Committee on Composite Materials.