Karen Sikes

Karen Sikes
Director

Karen Sikes joined the NIDC in November 2018. She leads the day-to-day activities of the NIDC, managing the interface with the isotope user community and facilitating the DOE IP mission.

Before joining the NIDC, Karen managed a team of research analysts, communications specialists, and engineers in support of numerous clean energy initiatives for DOE and other government agencies. She holds a BS in biomedical engineering and an MS in industrial engineering (concentration in product development and manufacturing), in addition to an MBA (concentration in operations management), all from the University of Tennessee.