She has expertise in teaching and curriculum development in the areas of Earth science, climate change, marine science, and oceanography. She has vast experience in preservice teacher education and inservice teacher professional development. Dr. Lambert’s current area of science education research focuses on climate change teaching and learning. As a Co-PI on the NSF-funded Florida COSEE, she advised, wrote chapters, and assisted with the development of the Life on an Ocean Planet textbook. She developed the comprehensive outline for the integrated science concepts and the model for the teacher’s guide. Dr. Lambert is Principal Investigator for the NASA-funded Climate Science Investigations (CSI): South Florida project and a Co-PI on the PEL NASA grant.