Dr Douglas Baker is a Professor in the School of Built Environment at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. His areas of expertise include land-use planning, airport management, regional air transport and infrastructure logistics. He has worked across the airport and air transport sectors in Australia, Canada and Europe.

Prior to coming to Australia, Dr Baker worked in the public and private sectors, and was acting Head of the School of Environmental Planning at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. Currently, he is working on a variety of projects including an international collaboration with the University of Cologne evaluating the planning of airports within the urban context; parking logistics with Brisbane City Council and the iMove CRC; and food-hub planning and logistics with the Future Food Systems CRC.