ResearchResearch 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 |
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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 AnnouncementsDr. Gilbertson is featured on the RSC blog where she is interviewed about the recent emerging investigator article led by Lisa!
Lisa Stabryla publishes her first, first-author paper in Environmental Science: Nano! The paper, "It's Not All About the Ion: Support for Particle-Specific Contributions to Silver Nanoparticle Antimicrobial Activity" is part of the journal's emerging investigator series. Dr. Gilbertson speaks at the Gordon Research Conference on Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems. Her talk, Designing from a Systems Perspective, was part of the Young Investigator Session. Dr. Gilbertson and colleagues recently published a new framework for materials design and selection in Nature Nanotechnology. Check it out! "A Framework for Sustainable Nanomaterial Selection and Design Based on Performance, Hazard, and Economic Considerations" |
Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
Gordon Research Conference: Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems
Mount Holyoke College June 3-8, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson will be speaking in the Young Investigator Session and Josh Urso will be presenting his research during the GRS and GRC poster sessions. Check out the conference website!
ACS 256th National Meeting and Exposition
Boston, MA August 19-23, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson will be co-leading a session with collaborator Francois Perreault, "Advanced in Carbon Nanomaterial Design and Applications for Environmental Sustainability", in the Division of Environmental Chemistry.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference and Expo
Pittsburgh, PA October 2-5, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson and Lisa Stabryla will be presenting their preliminary findings from the implementation of Design Thinking into the sustainable engineering curriculum here at Pitt. Check out the conference website.
QEEN II: 2nd Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials from Manufactured Products Workshop
Washington, DC October 9-10, 2018
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA October 28-November 2, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson and Yan Wang will be presenting their research in two sessions of the conference. More program details to come. AIChE conference website.
Mount Holyoke College June 3-8, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson will be speaking in the Young Investigator Session and Josh Urso will be presenting his research during the GRS and GRC poster sessions. Check out the conference website!
ACS 256th National Meeting and Exposition
Boston, MA August 19-23, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson will be co-leading a session with collaborator Francois Perreault, "Advanced in Carbon Nanomaterial Design and Applications for Environmental Sustainability", in the Division of Environmental Chemistry.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference and Expo
Pittsburgh, PA October 2-5, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson and Lisa Stabryla will be presenting their preliminary findings from the implementation of Design Thinking into the sustainable engineering curriculum here at Pitt. Check out the conference website.
QEEN II: 2nd Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials from Manufactured Products Workshop
Washington, DC October 9-10, 2018
2018 AIChE Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA October 28-November 2, 2018
Dr. Gilbertson and Yan Wang will be presenting their research in two sessions of the conference. More program details to come. AIChE conference website.