- Co-Investigator, Keck Interferometer Nuller; debris disk variability
- Co-Investigator, VLTI/Bright Novae, European Southern Observatory
- Proposal Team Co-Investigator: ROSES APRA and ADP
- Proposal Team Co-Investigator: IRAD and DDF
- Proposal Team Co-Investigator: Spitzer, HST, IOTA, Keck, KIN obs.
- Observational astronomy; Keck Interferometer
- Interactive Data Language (IDL) programming, astronomy algorithms
- Active Member, Equal Accessibility Advisory Committee
(formerly the People with Disabilities Advisory Committee)
- Active Member, Diversity Dialog Project
Positions and Appointments
Civil Servant, Research Astrophysicist
2006 - Present: Astrophysicist
2002 - 2006: Astrophysicist/Engineer
2002: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Mission, WFPC-II Primary Shutter Anomaly, Tiger Team mechanism dynamics engineer
2001 - 2002: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) primary shutter anomaly, Tiger Team mechanism dynamics engineer
1999 - 2001: Demonstration Unit for Low-order Cryogenic Etalon (DULCE) for the James Web Space Telescope (JWST), lead engineer and NASA institutional Principle Investigator
1998 - 1999: Submillimeter and Far infraRed Explorer (SAFIRE), electrical engineer
1994 - 1996: Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) and Wide-field Infra-Red Explorer (WIRE), power system lead engineer
1991 - 1994: X-Ray Timing Explorer (XTE), power system lead engineer
1989 - 1991: Space Shuttle, power system engineer - Electrical power system engineering and launch console operations.
1986 - 1989: Engineering technician, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Washington - assisted in development of RF circuitry for 18 MeV, superconducting linear particle accelerator facility.
1981 - 1986: Technician, USAF, F-16 Falcon; Troubleshoot and repair of all fly-by-wire, fire control, navigation, and communications systems. ATLAS computer language programming.
Education
2008 - Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2005 MA Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1996 MS Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1989 BS Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1986 AS Avionics Engineering Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Okinawa, Japan.
Publications
- Barry, R. K., Danchi, W., Sokoloski, J., Koresko, C., Wisniewski, J., Serabyn,
E., Traub, W., Kuchner, M., Greenhouse, M., "The Keck Interferometer Nuller,
Technology and Science", in Proceedings of the SPIE; Astronomical Instrumen-
tation, Accepted. (2008)
- Barry, R. K., B. Demory, D. Segransan, T. Forveille, W. C. Danchi, E. Di Folco,
D. Queloz, G. Torres, W. Traub, X. Delfosse, M. Mayor, C. Perrier, and S. Udry.
"Ultra-precise Masses and Absolute Magnitudes for the Gl268 M-dwarf Binary
System", in Proceedings, Cool Stars 15, Accepted. (2008)
- Barry, R. K., Mukai, K., Sokoloski, J. L., Danchi, W. C., Hachisu, I., Evans,
A., Gehrz, R., Miko lajewska, J., "On the distance to the recurrent nova RS
Ophiuchi". In RS Ophiuchi (2006) and the recurrent nova phenomenon., A.
Evans, M. F. Bode, and T. J. OBrien (Eds.), (Utrecht, Netherlands: VNU
Science Press) (2008).
- Barry, R. K. "Milliarcsecond Resolution Infrared Observations of the Recurrent
Nova RS Ophiuchi and Low Mass Stellar Systems". Ph.D. thesis, The Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. (2007).
- Barry, R. K., Danchi, W., Rajagopal, J., Richardson, L., Kuchner, M., Wallace,
D., and 6 coauthors, "The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: A Progress
Report and Preliminary Results from our Laboratory Testbed", in The Power
of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation
Instrumentation, ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Volume . ISBN 978-3-540-74253-
1. Springer, p. 547. (2008)
- Barry, R. K., Danchi, W., Sokoloski, J., Koresko, C., Wisniewski, J., Serabyn,
E., Traub, W., Kuchner, M., Greenhouse, M., "High-resolution N-band Obser-
vations Of The Nova Rs Ophiuchi: First Science With The Keck Interferometer
Nuller", in Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 39,830. (2007)
- Barry, R. K., W. C. Danchi, J. L. Sokoloski, C. Koresko, J. P.Wisniewski, E.
Serabyn, W. A. Traub, M. J. Kuchner, and M. A. Greenhouse and 30 coauthors,
"High Spatial Resolution N-band Observations of the Nova RS Ophiuchi with
the Keck Interferometer Nuller", ApJ, 677, 1253B. (2008)