Amanda J. Youker
Directorate Operations Officer
Biography
Amanda (Mandy) Youker is the Operations Officer for Advanced Energy Technologies. She focuses on improving the directorate’s capabilities to safely and effectively translate science into impact.
Amanda was formerly the Work Planning and Control (WPC) Program Manager in the Quality, Work Planning, and Analysis group where she and her team provided WPC support to the Laboratory through training, WPC application support, work control document preparation, field assist visits, Human Performance Improvement tools, and sharing best practices. Additionally, the team holds a variety of feedback forums to stay engaged with staff, collect feedback, and share WPC updates.
Prior to taking on this role, Dr. Youker spent 10 years at Argonne conducting nuclear medicine research to accelerate the US production of Mo-99 using non HEU-based methodologies. She became the WPC Program Manager in 2018 when the WPC Program Office was established.
Dr. Youker received her B.S. in chemistry from Benedictine University and her Ph.D. in chemistry from Loyola University Chicago.