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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


Recent Conferences

2022 Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference

June 2022, Reston VA
Dr. Gilbertson serves as conference co-chair

GRC: Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems 
June 18-24, 2022
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Patrick presents a poster at the GRC and was selected for a talk at the GRS!
  • Informing Interventions to Advance Sustainable Corn Production: A Geophysical Model on Nitrate Use Efficiency.​

  • A Geophysical Model to Inform Interventions for Sustainable Nitrogen Use in Corn Production. 

AEESP Research and Education Conference
June 28-30, 2022, Washington University St. Louis
Patrick will present a poster
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

Publications from the Gilbertson Group!

Check out Dr. Gilbertson's editorial perspective on the Nano Circular Economy in Environmental Science: Nano

Lisa's work is published in Nature Nanotechnology - a collaboration with our colleagues Dr. Jill Millstone and Dr. Sarah Haig: Role of bacterial motility in differential resistance mechanisms of silver nanoparticles and silver ions

Archived Publications

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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