Amy J. Clarke

Amy J. Clarke is a Distinguished Scientist in the Sigma Manufacturing Science Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory and holds a faculty joint appointment with the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MME) at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines). Previously, she was the John Henry Moore Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in MME at Mines. Amy currently serves as Director of a multi-university, National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Center of Excellence on Advanced Characterization of Metals under Extreme Environments. Her research focuses on physical metallurgy; making, measuring, and modeling metallic alloys during processing to realize advanced manufacturing; and processing-structure-properties-performance relationships in metals and alloys. Amy received her MS and PhD degrees from Mines and her BS degree at Michigan Technological University in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. She serves on The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Foundation Board of Trustees, as an Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, and has served on the TMS and Association for Iron & Steel Technology Boards of Directors. She is a past recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (nominated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NNSA Defense Programs), U.S. DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program, and Mines Excellence in Research Award (Senior). She is also a TMS Brimacombe Medalist and Fellow of ASM International.