Elizabeth Baldo

Leads the $200M Far Detector subproject within the $3.3B LBNF/DUNE project, coordinating domestic and international efforts to build one of the world’s largest particle physics detectors.

• Manages a $200M+ subproject budget and schedule, overseeing eight control account managers across 39 control accounts.
• Administers 60+ subcontracts totaling $40M+ across 26 universities and three national laboratories.
• Leads project planning, procurement, construction, and operational integration across 50+ domestic and international scientists, engineers, and partner institutions.
• Provides cost, schedule, risk, and procurement reporting to DOE, project leadership, and international partners.

Leads development of an initiative to generate scalable measures of early childhood classroom quality using AI and computer vision tools.

• Builds domestic and international partnerships across education, psychology, computer science, technology, and early childhood organizations.
• Leads development of legal, data management, and research compliance frameworks, including MOUs, data use agreements, intellectual property agreements, and human subjects documentation.
• Plans and manages development of computer vision tools and cloud-based infrastructure for large-scale video analysis.
• Directs foundational research and measurement development to identify scalable indicators of classroom quality.

Directed strategy and operations for an international research center, overseeing finance, grants, compliance, partnerships, and administration in support of large-scale research initiatives.

• Managed the center’s $10M budget across 16 accounts and directed spending of $4M+ annually; oversaw pre- and post-award administration of $12M+ in grants and $6M+ in gifts.
• Supervised 20 administrators and researchers and directed recruiting, hiring, professional development, and performance management.
• Managed planning and execution of 12 interdisciplinary research initiatives with partners across nine countries, including randomized controlled trials, longitudinal studies, and policy-focused projects.
• Directed development of 30+ research agreements and oversaw data management, security, and human subjects compliance across 50+ research datasets.

Developed and expanded three biology and neuroscience study-away programs at the Marine Biological Laboratory, overseeing operations, partnerships, budgeting, and strategic growth.

• Developed and managed budgets totaling $950k annually and established financial controls supporting program operations.
• Directed recruitment, operations, risk management, and strategic planning across three study-away programs.
• Developed partnerships with scientific institutions, negotiated agreements, and integrated external organizations into program curricula.
• Expanded offerings from one program serving 40 students annually to three programs serving 85+ students; doubled applicant volume through targeted recruitment and outreach.

Led molecular biology research on wound healing in cnidarians and phloem composition in plants through experimental design, -omics analysis, and model system development.

• Developed tools, cultivation methods, and gene-editing protocols to establish Clytia hemisphaerica (jellyfish species) as a model system for wound-healing research.
• Conducted transcriptomic analyses to identify genes involved in epithelial wound healing.
• Investigated the evolution of extracellular matrix proteins through comparative genomic and protein analyses.
• Co-developed a novel phloem collection method supporting proteomic characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Supported molecular biology research on plant-pathogen interactions, plant immunity, and microbial virulence in Arabidopsis thaliana and crop species.

• Conducted molecular biology and infection assays investigating plant immune responses, host-pathogen signaling, and bacterial virulence mechanisms.
• Coordinated laboratory operations, greenhouse management, inventories, and support for multiple concurrent research projects.