In 2017 Baker became a researcher in the Electronic Engineering faculty at the University of York combining his interest in sensors and entomology to design devices for the automated recognition of the songs of orthoptera in the field. He has subsequently collaborated with historians at the university on the archive of the Anti-Locust Research Centre held at the Natural History Museum, London.
In 2022 Baker returned to the Natural History Museum, London as acoustic biology researcher to continue his work on sensor networks, automated acoustic monitoring, machine learning and the use of acoustic and vibrational communication by animals. This work has a particular focus on the use of acoustic techniques in heavily urban areas using high-density microphone arrays.
Honorifics
The species Calvisia bakeri Seow-Choen, 2017 is named after Baker.