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Personal Profile
Patrick Lamers is the strategic partnerships lead for and a group manager within NLR’s Strategic Energy Analysis Center. Managing the center’s non-DOE strategy and portfolio, he interacts with center subject matter experts across eight research groups. His technical research focuses on prospective energy system and technology analyses applying techno-economic, life cycle, and integrated assessment modeling. Lamers has an expansive list of peer-reviewed publications and is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of energy systems modeling. Before joining the U.S. national lab system, he worked in the private sector.
Research Interests
Energy systems modeling
Carbon management
Life cycle assessment
Professional Experience
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (2014–2018)
Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (2012–2013)
NAVIGANT, Berlin, Germany (2009–2013)
Berlin Energy Agency, Berlin, Germany (2007–2008)
Fundación Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006)
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, Wuppertal, Germany (2005)
Sustainable Business Network, Auckland, New Zealand (2003)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Master, Environmental Management and Policy, Lund University
PhD, Energy and Resources, Utrecht University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Process Feasibility Analysis of Waste Biomass Valorization to Biochar and Bio-Oil via Slow and Fast Pyrolysis
Yadav, G. & Lamers, P., 2026, In: Energy and Fuels. 40, 9, p. 4670-4682 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bioenergy Pathways Within United States Net-Zero CO2 Emissions Scenarios in the Energy Modeling Forum 37 Study: Article No. 100209
Sands, R., Wachs, L., Lamers, P., Bahn, O., Beach, R., Binsted, M., Blanford, G., Cai, Y., de la Chesnaye, F., Edmonds, J., Goke, L., Harris, C., Hoehne, C., Kim, G., Kyle, P., McJeon, H., Orvis, R., Showalter, S., Sinha, A. & Starke, E. & 5 others, , 2025, In: Energy and Climate Change. 6, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolving Electricity Supply and Demand to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions: Insights from the EMF-37 Study: Article No. 100196
Gao, R., Mai, T., Mousavi, S., Rossman, C., Binsted, M., Bistline, J., Blanford, G., Browning, M., Fripp, M., Lamers, P., Muratori, M., Muratori, M., Showalter, S. & Weyant, J., 2025, In: Energy and Climate Change. 6, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying Climate Change Effects of Bioenergy and BECCS: Critical Considerations and Guidance on Methodology
Cowie, A., Koponen, K., Benoist, A., Berndes, G., Brandao, M., Gustavson, L., Lamers, P., Marland, E., Ruter, S., Soimakallio, S. & Styles, D., 2025, In: GCB Bioenergy. 17, 10, 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biochar As a Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategy in Integrated Long-Run Mitigation Scenarios: Article No. 074076
Bergero, C., Wise, M., Lamers, P., Wang, Y. & Weber, M., 2024, In: Environmental Research Letters. 19, 7, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
15 Scopus Citations
Activities
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Frontiers in Climate | Negative Emission Technologies, Associate Editor (External organization)
Lamers, P. (Member)
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Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (External organization)
Lamers, P. (Member)
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