Idaho National Laboratory has selected David Teter, a nearly three-decade official at Los Alamos National Laboratory, to serve as its chief operating officer and deputy lab director for management and operations.
INL said Monday Teter will assume the position in the spring of 2025, succeeding Juan Alvarez, who stepped down in October to join Battelle Memorial Institute as executive vice president of laboratory operations.
“I am confident that Dave’s proven leadership through decades of work within the Department of Energy enterprise will ensure that we continue to elevate our impact through cutting-edge fundamental and applied research,” said INL Director John Wagner.
Teter brings to INL decades of experience in overseeing large-scale infrastructure projects, strategic planning, managing people, operational leadership and stakeholder engagement.
The newly appointed INL COO most recently served as associate lab director for infrastructure and capital projects at Los Alamos National Lab.
His career at Los Alamos included time as director of the weapons infrastructure and planning office, division leader of materials science and technology and postdoctoral researcher.
He has a doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
