Ken Barat spent 20 years as Laser Safety Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, working on training and audits in R&D setting. He is a member and Chairperson of the ANSI technical committee for writing laser use standards in the research setting. He is a voting member of the ANSI Z136 committee and the author of several standard works on laser safety. Mr. Barat is acknowledged as a leading practitioner in the field. His career has included numerous awards, including both Jim Rockwell awards (2009 and 2005) for Laser Safety Leadership and Education, the Tim Renner User Service Award (2002) from the Advance Light Source, and recognition awards from the Department of Energy and LSO Working Group. He is a member and presenter at the UK Laser Safety Forum series and at Photonics West. Editor.