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.
4/9/26: Johann gave a talk titled "Light-induced electron- and mass-transfer effects in plasmonic electrochemistry" to the Department of Chemistry at UofL. Congrats to Johann on passing his research seminar!
3/23/26: Andrew presented the group's work on temperature and electromagnetic field gradients in electrochemistry at the ACS meeting in Atlanta. Thanks to Yao Yang and J. Tyler Mefford for the opportunity to share our work!
12/24/25: New research article accepted! Our article, "Optical field-induced mass transfer in plasmonic electrochemistry" is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications. (Link). Congrats to co-first-authors Johann and Amin!
11/20/25: Amin successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Al-Amin!
11/18/25: Oscar successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Karki!
10/28/25: Augustine Onakpa joins the lab as a first-year Ph.D. student. Welcome Augustine!