Dr. Aaron D. Wilson is a research chemist with over 20 years of experience in industry, academics, and government laboratories. As a Ph.D. graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder he worked in collaboration with researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the thermodynamics of homogeneous electrocatalysts. He completed postdoctoral appointments at California Institute of Technology and the National Institutes of Health. As of summer 2022, Wilson's work is documented in 32 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has been awarded six patents and has seven active patent applications. His work ranges from fundamental solution theory to the design of pilot water treatment systems. He has pioneered the use of solvents and phase change materials for water treatment and other separations. This work has resulted in multiple recognitions including two R&D 100 awards and a demonstration at the White House in 2016.