Amber Harshman, Environmental Dose Assessment Program lead at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is photographed in a studio portrait on April 14, 2026. Harshman’s work supports environmental monitoring and radiation dose assessment, helping ensure the protection of people, the public, and the environment while advancing ORNL’s mission.

Amber M. Harshman

Senior Technical Staff, Environmental Dose Assessment Program Lead

Amber Harshman is an Environmental Dose Assessment Program Lead and senior technical staff member in the Environmental Protection Services Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her primary responsibilities include modeling and calculating radiation doses for the public and the environment from exposure to radiological discharges originating from operations and research activities conducted on the Oak Ridge Reservation for a variety of environmental pathways.

Prior to joining ORNL, she worked in nuclear power as a Health Physicist at Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, where she managed the internal and external dosimetry programs as well as the radiation protection instrumentation program for the site. She has a Ph.D. in Radiological Health Sciences from Colorado State University, and she is a board-certified health physicist (CHP) and a Registered Radiation Protection Technologist (RRPT).


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