[1] In 1995 she joined The Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland as a Scientific Illustrator and Research Assistant.
In 2001 she attained a Ph.D. at the University of Queensland and became a Post-doctoral Fellow (2001–2005) and Research Scientist (2003-2006) at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra.
In 2004 Lambkin was a visiting Post Doctoral Fellow at North Carolina State University in their Department of Entomology.
She was the President of the Entomological Society of Queensland in 2008 and 2015 and was awarded an Honorary Membership.
[2] March 2015: Honorary Membership of the Entomological Society of Queensland.