# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amanda-bauer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:02:06.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amanda-bauer"
name: "Amanda Bauer"
slug: "amanda-bauer"
description: "Amanda Elaine Bauer is an American professional astronomer and science communicator. She is the Deputy Director and Head of Science and Education at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. She was previously based in Tucson, Arizona working as the Deputy Director of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Operations, which began observing in 2025 to capture the Legacy Survey of Space ad Time (LSST). Prior to that, she was the Head of Education and Public Outreach for Rubin Observatory."
tagline: "American astronomer and science communicator"
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birthDate: "1979-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump