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Research


Research in the Gilbertson Group aims to inform sustainable design of existing and novel materials that 1) precludes potential unintended environmental and human health consequences, and 2) maintains or exceeds functional performance goals. Gilbertson's research includes both experimental and life cycle modeling thrusts. 

Check out the ​research page for more information and additional resources.

A sampling of the state-of-the-art facilities here at Pitt:
Benedum Hall
Peterson Institute of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Materials Characterization Lab
Center for Biological Imaging
Research Centers, Institutes, and Labs
Sneak Peak of Our​Lab Space and Resources
Tweets by @lmgLab

Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference
June 14-16, 2021
Reston, VA

This year's conference theme is Sustainable Production to Advance the Circular Economy
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Dr. Gilbertson is on the advisory committee for the 2021 conference. Contact her if you have questions or suggestions! 

Call for symposia is open

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Dr. Gilbertson will be speaking at the International Conference on Phosphates. This is a virtual event, tune in!
 
​Saturday October 17, 2020
3:15 pm local time in Morocco (GMT +1 hr)


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Dr. Gilbertson will be speaking at the Plumbing Manufacturer's International Conference

Thursday November 12, 2020
3:20 pm Central Time
Past activities

The Group


Meet our group members by visiting our People page.

Dr. Gilbertson is excited  to grow her research group at the University of Pittsburgh. ​Please contact me if you are interested in becoming a member of the group as a post doc, visiting researcher, graduate student, or undergraduate. 

Check out these undergraduate research opportunities!

Latest News and Announcements


We are hiring!

Dr. Gilbertson is looking for students at all levels of education to join the team. Students should be excited to learn and conduct laboratory research in an interdisciplinary, team environment. 

The following project has openings for a graduate student: 

Looking for the silver lining: Assessing the impact of silver on shower heads on opportunistic pathogen abundance and resistance 
​This is an interdisciplinary project bringing together the disciplines of environmental engineering, microbiology, and chemistry. We are seeking an enthusiastic student to join our team and work on evaluating mechanisms of novel drinking water treatment fixtures on our observations of microbial dynamics in water exiting the fixture. To find out more about this project, please email me: LMG110@pitt.edu

More great publications from the Gilbertson Group!

Our collaboration with John Keith and Howard Fairbrother is published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 
This is also Yan's last publication from her dissertation research, congrats Yan!

Nathalia's first paper in the Gilbertson Group was published in ES&T Water (featured on the cover) informing the rational design of graphitic carbon nitride. Congrats Nathalia!
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Our work is featured on the September issue cover of Nature Nanotechnology!
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Dr Gilbertson publishes in Nature!

Very excited to work with an amazing author team led by Thilo Hofmann on this Nature Food review:
"Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture"

And to lead another great team of researchers in the following project:
"Guiding the Design Space: Advancing Sustainable Crop Production Using Nanotechnology"
also featured on Springer Nature Sustainability Community link
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Check out Dr Gilbertson's NAS presentation at the US-UK worksop on Sustainable Agriculture 
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Our paper, led by PhD student Yan Wang and co-authored by Nathalia Aquino de Carvalho is featured on the cover of the ES: Nano December issue, check it out! 
Image credit: ChemE PhD student Kutay Sezginel
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Check out a recent perspective co-authored by Dr. Gilbertson in Nature Nanotechnology special insight issue on nanotechnology in agriculture: Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution 

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