Dr. Vicki Thompson is the manager of the Bioenergy Feedstock Technologies department as well as a Distinguished Staff Engineer at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). She is currently the Node Lead for Recycling and Recovery within the REMADE Institute, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Thompson joined INL after receiving degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Iowa (BS) and Michigan State University (PhD). Her research currently focuses on applying chemical engineering principles to biological problems. She is working to identify and characterize low-cost waste feedstocks, develop feedstock/waste blends that meet DOE targets, and develop decontamination methods for waste materials. Dr. Thompson participates in Critical Materials Institute research projects on recovery of critical metals and development of associated techno-economic analyses and life-cycle assessments. Dr. Thompson also works in REMADE and the DOE Bioenergy Technology Office, providing expertise on processes and process models for sorting waste. Dr. Thompson was part of the team that redesigned the INL Biomass Feedstock National User Facility for processing a variety of waste streams. Her research interests include rapid, sensitive biological detection methods of environmental contaminants and toxins. Additional interests include applications in forensics, food quality control, environmental evaluation, agriculture, medical diagnostics, and biological warfare agents.