Professor Baxter's 30+ years of experience in biomass and fossil fuel utilization for power generation have led to significant innovations that address both climate change and economic, reliable power generation.
He worked at Sandia National Laboratories until 2000 and has been a BYU professor since that time. His research involves both laboratory and field experiments in both coal and biomass power plants.
He also cofounded a company that is commercializing carbon capture technologies for continuous point sources such as power plants.