Rebecca Wilkes

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Rebecca Wilkes's work focuses on microbial valorization of lignin by whole-cell metabolism, improving stress tolerance mechanisms to promote bioproduction, and targeted application of outer membrane vesicles to improve catabolism of aromatic compounds. Prior to starting at NREL, her doctoral research focused on utilizing a multi-omics approach with particular focus on metabolomics and ¹³C-tracing to investigate carbon flux and regulation of native cellular pathways involved in the catabolism of natural and xenobiotic compounds. 

Synthetic biology tools for optimized production of value-added products 
 
Multi-omics analyses of bacterial metabolic pathways 
 
Lignin and waste valorization  

Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University (2021–2022) 
 
Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University (2019–2021) 
 
National Science Foundation REU Fellow, Michigan State University (2015) 
 
National Science Foundation REU Fellow, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (2014)