Christopher E. Wilmer

Christopher E. Wilmer is an Associate Professor at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, specializing in computational materials discovery for energy applications. His work focuses on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in gas separation, thermal conductivity, and sensor array design.

• PhD, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University (2013)
• BASc, Engineering Science, University of Toronto (2007)

Wilmer's research integrates computational modeling with hypothetical materials to advance carbon capture, gas sensing, and thermal transport in nanoporous systems. He pioneered genetic algorithms for MOF sensor optimization and studies defect impacts in MOFs like UiO-66.

His 15 most recent publications (2024-2021) span Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Technology, emphasizing MOFs for CO2 capture, electronic nose development, and thermal property engineering. Key journals include Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Sensors, and Chemical Science.

Scientific honors include Forbes 30-under-30, ACS Excellence Award, and NSF Visualization Challenge. He has advised co-authors on MOF-based projects but no formal students are listed in the provided data.

Wilmer's cyber-physical systems work intersects with infrastructure security, as noted in his faculty profile. He developed MOFUN, an open-source Python tool for molecular design, and contributed to E-waste fraud modeling and light-harvesting MOFs.