Emm Fulk (she/they) joined NREL in 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher. Their research focuses on metabolic engineering and development of genetic tools for industrially relevant microbes, with the goal of enabling bioprocessing of carbon dioxide and renewably derived feedstocks to value-added products and sustainable aviation fuels.

Emm received their doctorate in 2022 in systems, synthetic, and physical biology from Rice University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University. Their doctoral work focused on development of whole-cell biosensors to understand microbial behavior in complex environments like soils and sediments. 
 
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Research Interests

Metabolic engineering for production of fuels and chemicals

Upgrading C1 compounds to metabolic products

Development of genetic tools for industrially relevant microorganisms

Education

Ph.D., Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology, Rice University
 
B.S., Biochemistry, Northwestern University