About
Our laboratory combines research expertise in chemistry, physics, and engineering to address problems in energy conversion and storage. In addition to the cutting-edge analytical tools developed in our laboratory, we utilize the resources of the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and the Micro/Nano Technology Center at UofL to perform our research.
Research Mission
Our research has the primary goal of advancing the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy to meet the challenge of creating a renewable and sustainable energy economy. Our approach is to develop and employ high resolution, in situ microscopy and spectroscopy to understand chemical and material processes beyond the ensemble, at the single particle, single molecule level.
Join Us!
We are always looking for motivated and passionate people to join our research team. Prospective graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to send Prof. Wilson an email (aj.wilson [at] louisville.edu) to discuss available research opportunities. Interested undergraduate students can find research opportunities here.
10/28/25: Augustine Onakpa joins the lab as a first-year Ph.D. student. Welcome Augustine!
10/14/25: Andrew gave a talk on temperature and electromagnetic field gradient effects in plasmon-assisted electrochemistry at the 248th Electrochemical Society meeting in Chicago. Thanks to Prashant Jain and co-organizers for the opportunity to share our lab's work!
10/6/25: Andrew gave a talk on tracking surface intermediates in electrocatalysis with high temporal resolution at the SciX 2025 meeting in Covington, KY to celebrate Prof. Prashant Jain receiving the 2025 Craver Award. Congrats to Prashant and thank you for the opportunity to share our lab's work!
9/15/25: New research article accepted! Our article, "Effect of temperature gradients on the selectivity of the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction" is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (Link). Congrats to co-first-authors Amin and Johann!
9/11/25: Johann presented his research "Effect of temperature gradients on the selectivity of the CO2 electroreduction reaction" at the Tristate Catalysis Society Annual Symposium in Covington, KY.