Christi Elam
About Christi Elam
Christi Elam is a Program Health Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer currently working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She has a background in Nuclear Engineering and has held positions at Siemens Molecular Imaging and Vanderbilt University.
Current Role at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christi Elam serves as a Program Health Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She has held this position since 2017, contributing to the Spallation Neutron Source. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring radiation safety protocols are followed and managing health physics programs. Her expertise in radiation safety is critical to the laboratory's operations.
Previous Experience at Siemens Molecular Imaging
Prior to her current role, Christi Elam worked at Siemens Molecular Imaging as a Health Physicist from 2004 to 2017. During her 13 years at Siemens, she focused on radiation safety and health physics, contributing to the development and implementation of safety measures in molecular imaging technologies.
Experience at Vanderbilt University
Christi Elam also worked as a Safety Officer at Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2002. In this position, she was responsible for overseeing safety protocols and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations within the university's facilities.
Education in Nuclear Engineering
Christi Elam earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She attended the university from 1994 to 1999, where she gained foundational knowledge and skills relevant to her career in health physics and radiation safety.