Devinn Lambert is a Technology Manager for the Advanced Algal Systems program in the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) at the U.S. Department of Energy. She is also the Operations Committee Liaison for the Biomass R&D Board and the Co-Chair of the Algae Interagency Working Group for. Devinn has detailed at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, served as an agency liaison to the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Developing a Research Agenda for Utilization of Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams, and led a scientific workforce development project for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Prior to BETO, she studied at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Devinn is also the recipient of the prestigious, international award, the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which she used to conduct algae biofuels research and pursue a Masters degree at the University of Cambridge.