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Lynn Wendt, Ph.D.

Relationship Manager and Senior Scientist

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Biography:

Dr. Lynn Wendt serves as the Laboratory Relationship Manager to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). Dr. Wendt is also a senior research scientist in the Energy and Environment Science and Technology Directorate at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). She has served as a principal investigator for multiple projects sponsored by BETO and has contributed to strategic planning for INL’s Biomass Feedstock National User Facility and associated programs. Dr. Wendt holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, a master's in biology from Idaho State University, and a Ph.D. in environmental science from the University of Idaho. Dr. Wendt is a bioenergy research expert in post-harvest physiology and chemistry of biomass storage systems and microbial systems for bioenergy feedstock supply chain processes. She has pioneered the development of biomass and algae material storage and handling systems that stabilize stored biomass materials while increasing biomass value during short- and long-term storage.  Her 23 biomass-related publications and 2 patent applications are the authoritative reference on value-add biomass storage systems.  

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Education:

Ph.D., Enviromental Science, University of Idaho​

M.S., Biology - Idaho State University

B.S., Biochemistry - University of Minnesota

Publications:

Wendt, L.M., B.D. Wahlen, M.R. Walton, J.A. Nguyen, Y. Lin, R.M. Brown, H. Zhao. 2021a. Exploring filamentous fungi depolymerization of corn stover in the context bioenergy queuing operations. Food and Energy Security. In Press. doi: 10.1002/FES3.333.


Wendt, L.M., B.D. Wahlen, M.R. Walton, J.A. Nguyen, Y. Lin, R.M. Brown. 2021b. Screening of Alkali-Assisted Storage Conditions to Define the Operational Window of Deacetylation within Storage Systems in the Bioenergy Supply Chain. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. doi: 10.1002/bbb.2288.


Thompson, V.S., T.A. Volk, L.M. Wendt. 2021. Editorial: Storage of Biomass Feedstocks: Risks and Opportunities. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.657342.


Forsberg, C., B. Dale, D. Jones, L.M. Wendt. 2021. Replacing Liquid Fossil Fuels and Hydrocarbon Chemical Feedstocks With Liquid Biofuels Using Nuclear Heat and Hydrogen. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. In Press.


Wendt, L.M., H. Zhao. 2020. Review on Bioenergy Storage Systems for Preserving and Improving Feedstock Value. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00370.


Wahlen, B.D., L.M. Wendt, J.A. Murphy, V.S. Thompson, D.S. Hartley, T.A. Dempster, H. Gerken. 2020. Preservation of microalgae, lignocellulosic biomass blends by ensiling consistent year-round feedstock supply for thermochemical conversion to biofuels. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00316.


Nagle, N.J, B.S. Donohoe, E.J. Wolfrum, E.M. Kuhn, T.J. Haas, A.E. Ray, L.M. Wendt, M.E. Delwiche, N.D. Weiss, C.W. Radtke. 2020. Chemical and structural changes in corn stover after ensiling: influence on bioconversion. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00508.


Wendt, L.M., C. Kinchin, B.D. Wahlen, R. Davis, T.A. Dempster, H.G. Gerken. 2019. Assessing the Stability and Techno-Economic Implications for Wet Storage of Harvested Microalgae to Manage Seasonal Variability. Biotechnology for Biofuels. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1420-0.


Wendt, L.M., W.A. Smith, D.S Hartley, D.S. Wendt, J.A. Ross, D.M. Sexton, J.C. Lukas, Q. Nyugen, J.A. Murphy, K.L. Kenney. 2018. Techno-economic assessment of a chopped feedstock logistics supply chain for corn stover, Frontiers in Energy Research. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2018.00090.


Wendt, L.M., J.A. Murphy, W.A. Smith, T. Robb, D.W. Reed, A.E. Ray, L. Liang, Q. He, N. Sun, A.N. Hoover, Q. Nyugen. 2018. Compatibility of high-moisture storage for biochemical conversion of corn stover: storage performance at laboratory and field scales, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00030.


Wendt, L.M., B.D. Wahlen, C. Li, G. Kachurin, K. Ogden, J.A. Murphy. 2017. Evaluation of a high-moisture stabilization strategy for harvested microalgae blended with herbaceous biomass: Part I – Storage performance. Algal Research. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.05.016.


Ian Bonner, Mark Delwiche, Lynn Wendt, William Smith, Kevin Kenney. A Laboratory Scale Reactor for Simulating Biomass Storage for Bioenergy. 2015 ASABE Annual Meeting Proceedings.


Wendt, L.M., I.J. Bonner, A.N. Hoover, R.M. Emerson, W.A. Smith. 2014. Influence of Airflow on Laboratory Storage of High Moisture Corn Stover. BioEnergy Research: 7:1212-1222. doi: 10.1007/s12155-014-9455-3.


Smith, W.A., I.J. Bonner, K. L. Kenney, and L. M. Wendt. 2013. Practical Considerations of Moisture in Baled Biomass Feedstocks. Biofuels: 4:95-110.


Fujita, Y., J. L. Taylor, L. M. Wendt, D. W. Reed and R. W. Smith. 2010. Evaluting the Potential of Native Ureolytic Microbes to Remediate a 90Sr Contaminated Environment. Environmental Science and Technology. 44(19), 7652-7658. 


K. B. Duguid, M. D. Montross, C. W. Radtke, C. L. Crofcheck, L. M. Wendt, S. A. Shearer. 2009. Effect of Anatomical Fractionation on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Acid and Alkaline Pretreated Corn Stover. Bioresource Technology. 100: 5189-5195. 


R. M. Lehman, J. G. Lundgren, L. M. Petzke. 2009. Bacterial Communities Associated with the Digestive Tract of the Predatory Ground Beetle, Poecilus chalcites, and Their Modification by Laboratory Rearing and Antibiotic Treatment. Microbial Ecology.57: 349-358.


Y. Fujita, J. L. Taylor, T. L. Gresham, M. E. Delwiche, F. S. Colwell, T. L. McLing, L. M. Petzke, R. W. Smith. 2008. Stimulation of Microbial Urea Hydrolysis in Groundwater to Enhance Calcite Precipitation. Environmental Science & Technology. 42: 3025-3032.


T. W. Macbeth, D. E. Cummings, S. Spring, L. M. Petzke, K. S. Sorenson Jr. 2004. Molecular Characterization of a Dechlorinating Community Resulting from In Situ Biostimulation in a Trichloroethene-Contaminated Deep, Fractured Basalt Aquifer and Comparison to a Derivative Laboratory Culture. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 70: 7329-7341.


C. L. Reardon, D. E. Cummings, L. M. Petzke, B. L. Kinsall, D. B. Watson, B. M. Peyton, G. G. Geesey. 2004. Composition and Diversity of Microbial Communities Recovered from Surrogate Minerals Incubated in an Acidic Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 70: 6037-6046.


D. T. Newby, D. W. Reed, L. M. Petzke, A. L. Igoe, M. E. Delwiche, F. F. Roberto, F. S. Colwell. 2004. Diversity of Methanotrophic Communities in a Basalt Aquifer. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 48: 333-344.

Patents:

​Nguyen, QA, L.M. Wendt, inventors; Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, assignee. METHODS OF RECOVERING LIGNIN AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM BIOMASS, U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 16/947,054, filed July 16, 2020.


Wendt L.M., B.D. Wahlen, C. Li, inventors; Battelle Energy Alliance LLC, assignee. Methods of preserving a microalgae biomass and a preserved microalgae biomass. United States patent application US 15/495,625. 2018 Oct 25.

Presentations:

​Wendt, L.M., W.A. Smith., A.E. Ray, D.L. Stevens, D.L. Daubarus, I.J. Bonner, M. Buser. Performance of storage-degraded switchgrass in dilute-acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. The 37th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Diego, CA. April 27-May 1, 2015.


Wendt, L.M. Development of a Wet Logistics System for Bulk Corn Stover. DOE BETO 2015 Peer Review. Washington, D.C. March 23-26, 2015.


Wendt L.M., I.J. Bonner, W.A. Smith, K.L. Kenney. Determining the degradation rate and resulting quality of aerobically-stored high moisture corn stover. The 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Portland, OR. April 29-May 2, 2013.


Bonner, I.J., L.M. Wendt, W.A. Smith, K.L. Kenney. Understanding Biomass Quality Change in Storage Using Laboratory Scale Experiments. Biomass 2013.


L. M. Wendt, M. E. Delwiche, A. E. Ray, J. R. Hess. Critical Supply Chain Issues: Quality Factors, Moisture Management, and Logistics (Presentation). International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuels. Houston, TX. August 19-22, 2009.


L. M. Petzke, D. M. Stevens, D. J. Laug, T. L. Richard, M. N. Marshall, I. Darku, M. E. Delwiche, Q. Chen, C. W. Radtke. Relationship of Dry Matter Losses and the Resultant Quality Factors Occurring from the Storage of Lignocellulosic Biomass (Poster). The 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. New Orleans, LA. May 4-7, 2008.


C. W. Radtke, D. L. Karlen, S. Birrell, L. M. Petzke, P. A. Pryfogle, J. R. Hess. Lignocellulosic Biomass Quality Changes in Relation to Available Feedstock Tonnage (Presentation). 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT. November 4-9, 2007.


C. R. Breckenridge, D. F. Bruhn, D. B. Blackwelder, P. A. Pryfogle, L. M. Petzke, and C. W. Radtke. 2007. Obtaining representative samples of lignocellulosic biomass at various points along a feedstock supply chain (Poster). The 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Denver, CO. April 2-May 2007.


L. M. Petzke, D. W. Reed, Y. Fujita. Detection and Enumeration of Bacterial Urease mRNA by Quantitative Reverse-Transcription PCR (Poster). Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (ISEB). Jackson, WY. August 2005.


L. M. Petzke, D. W. Reed, Y. Fujita. Quantitation of Bacterial Urease Genes in Groundwater by Real-Time PCR (Poster). American Society for Microbiology 103rd General Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 2004.

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