Dr. Diana Bauer is responsible for technical coordination and strategic planning within the Advanced Minerals and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO). She also has departmental and interagency leadership roles in circular economy, critical materials, energy storage, and the energy-water nexus focus areas. Before joining AMMTO, Bauer directed the Office of Energy Systems Integration Analysis within the Office of Policy, where she and her staff looked at the connection between energy and other systems. She was the lead author of The Water-Energy Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities in 2014. Within the policy office, she led the drafting of DOE’s 2010 and 2011 Critical Materials Strategy reports. Before joining the Department of Energy, Bauer led the extramural sustainability research program at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Diana Bauer
Director, Advanced Minerals and Manufacturing Technologies Office
Office of Critical Materials and Energy Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy
