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 .
