Kim Lemmer is a member of the Industrial Systems and Fuels Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center. She provides technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams that offer independent and objective analyses and planning support for the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office, and other programs. Her work mostly entails project technical validation and verification across diverse areas of bioenergy and sustainability-enabling biotechnology research.

Microbial bioenergy and biotechnology

Microbial conversion to biofuels and bioproducts

Genetics and metabolic engineering

Associate Scientist, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2018–2020)

Assistant Scientist, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014–2018)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009–2014)

Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2008)

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (2021)